1. (

• bulge ,
• bump ,
• hump ,
• swelling ,
• gibbosity ,
• gibbousness ,
• jut ,
• prominence ,
• protuberance ,
• protrusion ,
• extrusion ,
• excrescence

) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" ;

2. (

• excrescence

) (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body ;