protrusion

protrusion

English

Etymology

From French protrusion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

protrusion (countable and uncountable, plural protrusions)

1. (uncountable) The act of protruding.

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2. (uncountable) The state of being protruded.

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3. (countable) Anything that protrudes.

   Synonym: protuberance

Antonyms

• indentation

Related terms

• protuberance

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *trewd-‎ (0 c, 26 e)

Translations

the act of protruding

Armenian: արտամղում (hy) (artamłum) Bulgarian: стърчене n (stǎrčene) German: Herausragen n, Heraustreten n, Vorstehen n Russian: выпира́ние (ru) n (vypiránije), выпя́чивание (ru) n (vypjáčivanije)

the state of being protruded

German: Ausbeulen n, Vorstülpen n, Hervortreiben n, Beulen (de) n, Ausbuchten n, Treiben (de) n, Heraustreiben n Hungarian: előboltosulás (hu) Slovak: vyčnievanie

anything that protrudes

Bulgarian: издаденост (bg) f (izdadenost), изпъкналост (bg) (izpǎknalost) Finnish: kohouma (fi), nysty (fi), nystyrä (fi), patti (fi), kumpu (fi), nyppylä (fi) French: protubérance (fr) f German: Vorsprung (de) m, Schwellung (de) f, Ausbuchung f, Vorwölbung f, Überstand m, Vorstülpung f, Hervortreibung f, Beule (de) f, Knubbel (de) m Hungarian: előboltosulás (hu) Irish: starr f Russian: вы́ступ (ru) m (výstup) Slovak: výčnelok Ukrainian: ви́ступ m (výstup)

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Dutch: (please verify) uitsteeksel (nl) Spanish: (please verify) protuberancia (es) f, (please verify) protrusión Welsh: (please verify) allwthiad (cy) m

See also

• hernia

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French

Noun

protrusion f (plural protrusions)

1. (medicine) protrusion

Further reading

• “protrusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.