n, pl  -ries  :  a bodily prominence: as  a  :  the angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the vertebra  b  :  a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  pre·mon·i·to·ry 
 
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