Excrescence \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.
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The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
excrescence
n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion]
2: (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some
part of the body
WordNet (r) 2.0
bulge, bump, cauliflower excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance
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