About The Word Excrescence
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Excrescence
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What's The Definition Of Excrescence?
[n] (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
[n] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form Synonyms | Synonyms for Excrescence: bulge | bump | extrusion | gibbosity | gibbousness | hump | jut | prominence | protrusion | protuberance Related Terms | Find terms related to Excrescence: See Also | appendage | belly | caput | frontal eminence | growth | nub | occipital protuberance | outgrowth | process | projection | vegetation | wart Excrescence In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*cres"cence\n. [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L.
excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere.
See {Excrescent}.]
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything
growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural
or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an
incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.
``Excrescences of joy.'' --Jer. Taylor.
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison.
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