Associations to the word «Excrescence»

EXCRESCENCE, noun. Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else

EXCRESCENCE, noun. A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct

EXCRESCENCE, noun. (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t

EXCRESCENCE, noun. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns".

EXCRESCENCE, noun. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body.