protrusion

Synonyms:

bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protuberance, swelling

Types:

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frontal eminence

either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit

occipital protuberance

prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone

belly

a part that bulges deeply

caput

a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure

mogul

a bump on a ski slope

nub, nubble

a small lump or protuberance

snag

a sharp protuberance

wart

any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)

Type of:

projection

any solid convex shape that juts out from something