protrusion

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• In some instances the protruding parts assume large proportions, but always, because of the relationship between the fibular tarsal bone (calcaneum) and the tendon sheath, the larger protrusion is situated mesially. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
• Cervical myelopathy describes both a narrowing of the spinal cord and the appearance of bony protrusions in it. Times, Sunday Times
• -- In children the condition known as imperforate anus may sometimes be remedied by exploratory operations in the perineum, guided by the protrusion caused by the distended intestine. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• The term "cephalocele" is applied to a protrusion of a portion of the cranial contents through a congenital deficiency in the bones of the skull. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
• The same day, Ruth Sherman, 88, of Sunrise, Florida, was asked about a visible protrusion from her waist band, which she identified as her colostomy bag. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
• At this stage it is more or less spherical and covered with villi (frond-like protrusions); these provide a large surface area for exchange of gases, nutrients, water and waste with the maternal blood.
• Various topographies in phospholipid bilayers, such as vacancies/holes, protrusions, channels, and blisters have been imaged by AFM.
• Thumb - sucking can cause protrusion of the teeth.
• If we rescale the image again, we can bring out the odd protrusion seen in the original image. Wolfram Blog : Secrets of the Universe Hiding on My Home Computer
• I recall... the shocking distension and protrusion of the eyeballs of dead men and dead horses.