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OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does occipital protuberance mean?
• OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE (noun)
The noun OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE has 1 sense:
1. prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
Familiarity information: OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("occipital protuberance" is a kind of...):
bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)
Holonyms ("occipital protuberance" is a part of...):
occipital bone (a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull)
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