Prominence

(prom' -in-ens). I. A projection on the surface of a part, especially on a bone. 2. The state of being prominent. 3. Importance distinction.; P., Bony, a prominence on a bone, usually serving as a landmark. P., Doyere's. See Doyere's. P., Genital, an accumulation of cells on the ventral aspect of the embryonic cloaca and from which the generative organs are developed. P., Double, an abnormal prominence at the junction of the first and second sacral vertebrae. P., False. Synonym of P., Double. P., Mental, the triangular eminence projecting forward from the middle of the body of the lower jaw. P., Sacro-vertebral, the promontory of the sacrum.