PROMINENT I A

(Lat.), n. f. Pro(proa)-mi2n-e2n's hia(ti2)-as. 1. See PROMINENCE. 2. See PROLAPSE. Prominentiae albicantes. See CORPUS albicans (2d def.). P. annular is cerebri. See PONS Varolii. P. canal is facial is (seu Falloppii). A slight elevation in the wall of the tympanum, above and behind the fenestra oval is, marking the course of the aqueduct of Falloppius. [L.] P. cerebri. A cerebral lobe. [I, 3 (K). P. corneae. See KERATOCELE. Prominentiae encephali (seu geminae). See CORPORA quadrigemina.F. laryngea. See POMUM Adami. P. lentiform is. See CORPUS striatum. Promiiientiae nat i formes. See NATES (2d def.). P. oculi totius. See EXOPHTHALMIA. Prominentiae orbiculrvres. See CORPORA quadrigemina. Prominentise orbiculares majores. See NATES (2d def.). Prominentiae orbiculares minores. See TESTES (2d def.). P. semioval is [Sommerring]. See Olivary BODY. P. sphaerica [Scimmerring]. A cerebral convolution. [I, 3 (K).] P. spiral is. An elevation upon the outer wall of the cochlear duct containing a small capillary. [L, 31, 332.] Prominentiae test i formes. See TESTES (2d def.). [s. 338]