CORONOID PROCESS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the phrase coronoid process. (close relations)
Definition of CORONOID PROCESS
processes
Best Alternative Words for CORONOID PROCESS
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eminence | nounn | |||||||
noun • high status importance owing to marked superiority • a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | ||||||||
projection | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations • the projection of an image from a film onto a screen • a planned undertaking • any structure that branches out from a central support • any solid convex shape that juts out from something • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else • the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality • the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction • the act of projecting out from something • the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||||||||
protuberance | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out | ||||||||
spur | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something • any sharply pointed projection • tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers • a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward • a railway line connected to a trunk line verb • incite or stimulate • give heart or courage to • strike with a spur • goad with spurs • equip with spurs | ||||||||
tubercle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis • small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant • a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | ||||||||
processus coronoideus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone |