Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excrescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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: an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the
body
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