PROMONTORY

n. Proam'o*nta-o-ria. Lat., promontorium (from pro, before, and mons. a mountain). Fr., prom on to ire. Ger., Promontorium. 1. A prominence or protuberance. 2. A slight prominence on the inner wall of the tympanic cavity, below the fenestra oval is. [L, 332.] 3. Of Scarpa, see SPUR (3d def.). Double p., False p. Fr., faux prom on to ire. Ger., doppeltes Promontorium. An unusual prominence of the anterior aspect of the junction of the first and second sacral vertebras. [A, 22.] P. of the sacrum, Saero-vertebral p. Lat., promontorium o is sacri. Fr., saillie sacro-vertfbrale. Ger., Vorberg drs heiligen Beins, Promontorium des Kreuzbeins. The projection forward formed by the last lumbar vertebra and the upper part of the sacrum. [L. 332.] See also Sacro-vertebral ANGLE. E, he; Ea, ell; G, go; I, die; Ia, in; N, in; N, tank; [s. 338]