protrusion
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It was chosen because this animal’s femur lacks a crest or raised bony protrusion – known as a trochanter – where part of the tail musculature would attach.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
When it’s almost time for the plant to open, the spadix — a conic protrusion from inside the plant — emerges and accelerates in growth, climbing up to six inches per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
His surgery on Thursday will repair an inguinal hernia, a protrusion in the groin area due to a tear in the abdominal muscles.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
I watched an older woman grow overcome by the proclamation that a protrusion in her abdomen was being burned out of her body.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
The toboggan hit a much larger protrusion that sent it, along with Duane, high into the air and on a slant, as well.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Filopodia are tiny protrusions that extend from dendrites.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
Grey matter consists of neuronal cell bodies and their dendrites - short protrusions that communicate with neurons nearby.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
If an oarfish happens to swim up to the ocean’s surface, a sailor would see a long slithering creature with spiky protrusions on its head and could believe it was a sea monster, Paig-Tran said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
The team utilized an oblique angle deposition method to synthesize nickel featuring finely crafted, vertically aligned nanorods protrusions.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
That was when he saw it: protrusions deep within the temporal bone, where the ear canal would have been.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
