Excrescence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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