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excrescency

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ex⋅cres⋅cen⋅cy

  [ik-skres-uhn-see]
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–noun
1. something that is excrescent; excrescence.
2. a state of being excrescent.
Origin:
1535–45; var. of excrescence; see -ency
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ex·cres·cen·cy   (ĭk-skrěs'ən-sē)   
n.   pl. ex·cres·cen·cies

  1. The state or condition of being excrescent.

  2. An excrescence.

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