excrescence

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noun

an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body.

a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns.

any disfiguring addition.

abnormal growth or increase.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin excrēscentia. See excrescent, -ence

Related forms

su·per·ex·cres·cence, noun

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excrescence (ɪkˈskrɛs^əns)

—n
	a projection or protuberance, esp an outgrowth from an organ or part of the body

excrescential

—*adj*

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excrescence

1533, from L. excrescentia (pl.) "abnormal growths," from excrescentem (nom. excrescens), prp. of excrescere "grow out," from ex- "out" + crescere "to grow" (see crescent).

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excrescence ex·cres·cence (ĭk-skrěs'əns)
n.
An outgrowth from a surface that may be normal, such as a fingernail, or abnormal, such as a wart.

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"We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence.... The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate."

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