Morbid+excrescence

  • 11Tubercle — Tu ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See {Tuber}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the… …

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  • 12Tubercle bacillus — Tubercle Tu ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See {Tuber}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone;… …

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  • 13Exostosis — Ex os*to sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? out + ? bone: cf. F ? exostose.] 1. (Med.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of… …

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  • 14vegetation — vegetational, adj. vegetationless, adj. /vej i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley. 2. the act or process of vegetating. 3. a dull existence; life devoid of mental or… …

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  • 15callus — Synonyms and related words: Philistinism, armor, benign tumor, callosity, callousness, cancer, carcinoma, corn, cyst, excrescence, flintiness, formidable defenses, fungosity, fungus, growth, hard heart, hard shell, hardenedness, hardheartedness,… …

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  • 16cancer — Synonyms and related words: benign tumor, blast, blight, callosity, callus, canker, carcinoma, corn, cyst, dry rot, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, growth, intumescence, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, mildew, mold, mole, morbid growth, moth …

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  • 17carcinoma — Synonyms and related words: benign tumor, callosity, callus, cancer, corn, cyst, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, growth, intumescence, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, mole, morbid growth, neoplasm, nevus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, proud… …

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  • 18corn — Synonyms and related words: Joe Miller, aftergrass, anhydrate, bamboo, banality, barley, benign tumor, bird seed, blast freeze, boil, bran, brine, bromide, bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, cane, carbuncle, carcinoma, cat food, cereal,… …

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  • 19cyst — Synonyms and related words: benign tumor, boil, bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, carbuncle, carcinoma, corn, dilatation, dilation, distension, edema, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, furuncle, growth, intumescence, lump, malignant growth,… …

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  • 20fungus — Synonyms and related words: adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, amphibian, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, angiosperm, annual, aquatic plant, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, benign tumor, biennial, blast, blight, bread mold, bug, callosity …

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