NOUN | body | occipital protuberance | prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone |
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Meaning | prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone. | |
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Part of | occipital bone | A saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull |
Broader | bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
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