Meaning of EXCRESCENCE
| Pronunciation: | | ik'skresuns
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
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| | See Also: | | appendage, belly, caput, frontal eminence, growth, nub, occipital protuberance, outgrowth, process, projection, vegetation, wart | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A normal outgrowth; a disfiguring addition. |
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