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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 1.6 [wn]:
excrescence
n 1: something that protrudes [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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