excrescence

  • 21excrescence — ex·cres·cence || ɪk skresns n. protuberance, abnormal growth or swelling (as of the skin); normal growth or appendage …

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  • 22excrescence — [ɪk skrɛs(ə)ns, ɛks ] noun 1》 an abnormal outgrowth on a body or plant. 2》 an unattractive or superfluous addition or feature. Derivatives excrescent adjective Origin ME: from L. excrescentia, from excrescere grow out …

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  • 23excrescence — n. 1. Wart, tumor, morbid protuberance or growth. 2. Superfluity, useless outgrowth, deforming attachment or appendage …

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  • 24excrescence — n 1. growth, excretion, tumor, lump, intumescence, tumefaction; swelling, protuberance, protrusion, prominence; blister, blain, boil, carbuncle, pimple, pustule, pock, whelk. 2. outgrowth, offshoot, branch, extension, appendage …

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  • 25excrescence — ex·cres·cence …

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  • 26excrescence — n. an abnormal outgrowth on the surface of the body, such as a wart …

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  • 27excrescence — ex•cres•cence [[t]ɪkˈskrɛs əns[/t]] n. 1) pat ppa vet an abnormal outgrowth, usu. harmless, on an animal or vegetable body 2) any disfiguring addition 3) pat ppa vet abnormal growth or increase • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < ML …

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  • 28excrescence — /ɛksˈkrɛsəns / (say eks kresuhns) noun 1. abnormal growth or increase. 2. an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body. 3. a normal outgrowth such as hair. 4. any disfiguring addition. 5. Linguistics the epenthesis of a …

  • 29excrescence — n. 1 an abnormal or morbid outgrowth on the body or a plant. 2 an ugly addition. Derivatives: excrescent adj. excrescential adj. Etymology: L excrescentia (as EX (1), crescere grow) …

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  • 30cauliflower excrescence — n a wartlike growth of tissue that is usu. a condyloma but sometimes a stage of cancer and resembles a cauliflower called also cauliflower growth …

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