protuberance


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Synonyms for protuberance

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Synonyms for protuberance

a part that protrudes or extends outward

an unevenness or elevation on a surface

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Synonyms for protuberance

the condition of being protuberant

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Councilor Ralph Abella is seeking to amend the existing traffic ordinance as he wants to regulate the construction of humps, speed bumps, or any protuberance on public roads within the territorial jurisdiction of the city and to impose penalties.
The number (%) of notch types of glenoid cavity of 63 scapulae, in descending order, were as follows: type 1a (notch in shallow concave form) 24 (38.10%) (Figure 2), type 2a (prominent angular notch) 17 (26.98%) (Figure 2), type 0 (notch is absent) 13 (20.63%) (Figure 2), type 2b (prominent angular notch with prominent protuberance margin) 6 (9.53%) (Figure 2), type 1b (notch in shallow concave form with prominent protuberance margin) 3 (4.76%) (Figure 2).
Some of the major signs of kwashiorkor are pluckable thin hair, fatty liver, fragile skin, abdomen protuberance and poor wound healing.
Symptoms are pain and protuberance due to enlargement of the lesion.
(S.) ecuadorensis in the distinct dorsal posthumeral humplike protuberance on the elytra, weaker convex pronotum and form (narrow and long) of the basal sclerite of the endophallus.
Hikers all, we were looking for a new mountain to climb, and a small topographic protuberance piqued our interest: the 376-meter Mount Amorong in the town of Umingan.
The terminal of hypophysis was a tiny protuberance, which was the terminal of neurohypophysis.
A blunt needle (A same size needle reshaped into a blunt tip) will reenter the thyroid canal and push the ELT on the inner perichondrium which will show a protuberance [Figure 2]B: a'] on the endolarynx.
Key statement: A mold for vulcanizing and molding a tire, the tire having a tread delimited by two sidewalls, at least one of which is provided with a complex protuberance, the mold having a ring for molding the tread of the tire and two shells for molding the sidewalls, the mold having an annular insert that separates the mold into at least two portions, namely a ring portion and a shell portion in the radially lower region of the sidewalls, the insert having two adjacent concentric elements that are intended to mold the complex protuberance, namely a radially outer element associated with the ring, and a radially inner element associated with the shell.
X-rays examination showed a protuberance of bony-like nature starting from the medial articular portion of the talus and with lobulated appearance and a large intraarticular cauliflower fashioned loose body (Figure 6).
The evidence of the Hurro-Hittite Bilingual shows that suppistuwar-ant- is another possessive adjective in -ant-, 'possessing bosses, protuberances, appliques' from the noun suppistuwarali- 'boss, protuberance, applique' (also spelled once ispistuwaras at KUB 42.64 Vo 2).
The GPS beneficiary catches the area directions of the identified pothole or the protuberance and sends messages to the enrolled versatile SIM utilizing GSM modem.
The distance from the incisal edges of lower central incisors to the lower border of the mental protuberance of the mandible was recorded using calliper.