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Noun: gibbosity  gi'bó-si-tee
  1. 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