Noun: gibbosity gi'bó-si-tee
- Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"The gibbosity on the tree trunk was caused by a fungal infection";
- bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Derived forms: gibbosities
Type of: projection
Encyclopedia: Gibbosity