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OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
Classified under:
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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