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A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

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  1. n. A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.
  2. n. a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
  3. A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.
  4. A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of abone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied alsoto a concave articular surface.
  5. n:100 n. a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone