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Definition of Excrescence
1. Noun. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. "The bony excrescence between its horns"
Exact synonyms: Bulge, Bump, Extrusion, Gibbosity, Gibbousness, Hump, Jut, Prominence, Protrusion, Protuberance, Swelling
Specialized synonyms: Frontal Eminence, Occipital Protuberance, Belly, Caput, Mogul, Nub, Nubble, Snag, Wart
Generic synonyms: Projection
Derivative terms: Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulgy, Excrescent, Gibbous, Gibbous, Hump, Protrude, Protrude, Protuberant, Protuberate
Specialized synonyms: Frontal Eminence, Occipital Protuberance, Belly, Caput, Mogul, Nub, Nubble, Snag, Wart
Generic synonyms: Projection
Derivative terms: Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulgy, Excrescent, Gibbous, Gibbous, Hump, Protrude, Protrude, Protuberant, Protuberate
2. Noun. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body.
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process, Growth
Specialized synonyms: Vegetation
Category relationships: Pathology
Derivative terms: Excrescent
Specialized synonyms: Vegetation
Category relationships: Pathology
Derivative terms: Excrescent
Definition of Excrescence
1. 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.
Definition of Excrescence
1. Noun. Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else. ¹
2. Noun. A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct ¹
3. Noun. (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excrescence
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Excrescence
1. A normal outgrowth, a disfiguring addition. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excrescence
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