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excrescence
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excrescence
n.
protuberance, abnormal growth or swelling (as of the skin); normal growth or appendage
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Excrescence
Excrescence may refer to:
- Excrescence (phonology), the addition of a consonant to a word
- In medicine and physiology, an outgrowth, especially of this skin, such as occurs in carnosity
- Excrescence (architecture), an outgrowth of the main body of a building that does not harmonize well with the main body
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excrescence
Noun
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
(synonym) bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion
(hypernym) projection
(hyponym) frontal eminence
2. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
(hypernym) process, outgrowth, appendage
(hyponym) vegetation
(classification) pathology
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Excrescence
(n.)
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.
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.
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excrescence
n.
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