OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone

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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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