PROMINENCE

n. Proam'ia-neans. Lat., prominent i a (from prominere, to jut out). Ger., Hervorragung (1st def.), Erhabenneit (1st def.). Vorsprung (2d def.). 1. An elevation or projection on the surface of a part or organ. 2. A projection or tooth between two incisions in the margin of a part or organ. 3. The state of being prominent or elevated. [B; B, 123 (a, 35).] Cf. PROTUBERANCE. Doyere's p. See Afotorial-nerve END-PLATE. Genital p. An elevation on the ventral wall of the cloaca in the embryo from which the generative organs are developed. [L, 294.] Mental p. A triangular elevation on the inferior maxilla continuous below with the symphysis. [s. 338]