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protrusion - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

protrusion (countable and uncountable, plural protrusions)

  • (uncountable) The act of protruding.
    • ✤ The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.1
  • (uncountable) The state of being protruded.
    • ✤ A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx.
  • (countable) Anything that protrudes.
    • ✤ Synonym: protuberance

Etymology

From French protrusion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -uːʒən

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Footnotes

  1. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 235: ↩

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