Found 2 items, similar to excrescence.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: excrescence excrescence n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion] 2: (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
English → English (gcide) Definition: Excrescence 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. [1913 Webster] The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison. [1913 Webster]