Definition of Protrusion

something that protrudes or sticks out from something else

Examples of Protrusion in a sentence

Within a few weeks of discovering the mass, the protrusion on the patient’s jaw had doubled in size.  🔊

Were his left arm used to be, the amputee now only has a slight protrusion sticking out from his shoulder.  🔊

A hernia is a medical protrusion that occurs when tissue sticks out of an opening.  🔊

After being hit in the head, the robbery victim had a large protrusion sticking out of his forehead.  🔊

Sticking out a little from the stem, a small protrusion has formed and will continue to bud into a flower.  🔊

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