excrescence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: excrescence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for excrescence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excrescence n 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" Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrescence \Excres"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. [bd]Excrescences of joy.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison.