1. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   "the occipital protuberance was well developed"
   - bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence 
2. The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
   "the protuberance of his belly"

Derived forms: protuberances

See also: protuberant, protuberate

Type of: condition, projection, status

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