Medical Dictionary
protrude
verb pro·trude \prō-ˈtrüd\
pro·trud·edpro·trud·ing
Medical Definition of PROTRUDE
transitive verb
: to cause to project <the mentalis raises and protrudes the lower lip—Gray's Anatomy>
intransitive verb
: to jut out from the surrounding surface
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