excrescence (redirected from excrescences)

ex·cres·cence  (k-skrsns)

n.

1. An outgrowth or enlargement, especially an abnormal one, such as a wart.

2. A usually unwanted or unnecessary accretion: "Independent agencies were an excrescence on the Constitution" (Los Angeles Times).

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[Middle English, from Latin excrscentia, from neuter pl. of excrscns, excrscent-, present participle of excrscere, to grow out : ex-, ex- + crscere, to grow; see ker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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excrescence [ɪkˈskrɛs^əns]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a projection or protuberance, esp an outgrowth from an organ or part of the body

excrescential  [ˌɛkskrɪˈsɛnʃəl] adj

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excrescence

1. a normal outgrowth of the body, as hair, fingernails.
2. an abnormal outgrowth, as a corn, wart, etc. — excrescent, adj.

See also: Body, Human

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excrescence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" mogul - a bump on a ski slope nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance snag - a sharp protuberance wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals) projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
	2.	excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" vegetation - an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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excrescence

noun

1. protrusion, lump, projection, prominence, knob, blot, outgrowth, protuberance The annexe is an architectural excrescence.

2. (Medical) swelling, growth, lump, tumour, wart soft excrescences which are attached to the arterial walls

Translations

excrescence [ɪksˈkresns] N → excrecencia f

excrescence

n → Gewächs nt, → Auswuchs m (also fig)

excrescence [ɪksˈkrɛsns] n (frm) → escrescenza

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excrescence [ɪksˈkrɛsns] n (frm) → escrescenza