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2 definitions found 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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