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Definition of Excrescences
1. excrescence [n] - See also: excrescence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excrescences
Literary usage of Excrescences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Diseases of Females by William Dewees (1854)
"I.—Of Tumours and excrescences of the External Parts. ... The nymphae appear more
obnoxious to indurations and excrescences, than even the labia; ..."
2. An Account of Some of the Most Important Diseases Peculiar to Women by Robert Gooch (1831)
"OF excrescences FROM THE UTERUS WHICH ARE LIABLE TO BE MISTAKEN FOR POLYPUS.
I will just collect an account of these several excrescences such as I have ..."
3. The Modern Treatment of Syphilitic Diseases: Both Primary and Secondary by Langston Parker (1860)
"These excrescences appear on the skin or muco-cutaneous surfaces of the male and
female organs of ... These warts or excrescences arise from several causes. ..."
4. A Treatise on the venereal disease by John Hunter, Freeman Josiah Bumstead, Ph. Ricord (1853)
"In this case a few drops less, probably, would have effected a cure without any
inconvenience. § 5. Of Caruncles or excrescences in the Urethra. ..."
5. The Principles of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Women and Children by John Burns (1843)
"Warty excrescences are most readily removed, by the application of savin powder
by itself, ... Fungous excrescences may sometimes be removed by ligature; ..."
6. Disease in Plants by Harry Marshall Ward (1901)
"excrescences, or out-growths of more or less abnormal character from the general
surface of diseased organs, are very common symptoms, and widely recognised ..."
7. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"Small sessile excrescences I have seen cease to grow and eventually disappear
without any interference. When this is not the case, and if they are large and ..."
8. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"Canker excrescences in the grapevine. healthy shoots of these cankered examples
... In regard to the production of the excrescences, I have stated some ..."
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