Excrescence

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  • noun. An outgrowth or enlargement, especially an abnormal one, such as a wart.
  • noun. A usually unwanted or unnecessary accretion.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An abnormal superficial growth or appendage, as a wart or tubercle; anything which grows unnaturally, and without organic use, out of something else, as nutgalls; hence, a superfluity; a disfiguring addition.
  • noun. Figuratively, an extravagant or excessive outbreak: as, “excrescences of joy,”
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
  • noun. A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
  • noun. epenthesis of a consonant
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • noun. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
    • Word Usage
    "Let us also note that the lower pole expands into the umbilical excrescence, which is less easy of perforation than those parts protected by the skin alone."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    anaptyxis  
    cross-reference
    cauliflower excrescence  intervocalic  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    epenthesis  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    embellishment  myocyte  pensile  protuberance  stuffiness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    appendage  burr  caruncle  condyloma  fungus  
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