protrusion
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When it’s almost time for the plant to open, the spadix — a conic protrusion from inside the plant — emerges and accelerates in growth, climbing up to six inches per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
This creates a highly efficient system that supports cell protrusion, adhesion and rapid shape changes.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
The surgery is to repair an inguinal hernia -- a protrusion in the groin area due to a tear in the abdominal muscles.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
I watched an older woman grow overcome by the proclamation that a protrusion in her abdomen was being burned out of her body.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
At the end of it, a fingerlike protrusion wiggles and grasps.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Filopodia are tiny protrusions that extend from dendrites.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
Grey matter consists of neuronal cell bodies and their dendrites - short protrusions that communicate with neurons nearby.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
If an oarfish happens to swim up to the ocean’s surface, a sailor would see a long slithering creature with spiky protrusions on its head and could believe it was a sea monster, Paig-Tran said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
It was first climbed in 1957 by a team who took 18 months searching for protrusions and cracks to use as holds and driving heavy metal spikes into the rock where no holds existed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Strange protrusions that Aru had thought were just rocks now looked a lot more like fins covered in sharp barnacles.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
