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Protuberate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. [Latin protubero, supra. To swell or be prominent beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.

2. If the navel protuberates, make a small puncture with a lancet through the skin.

Protuberate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.