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Excrescence
Excrescence is something that is an outgrowth of something else. Depending on the subject matter, this may or may not be something abnormal and/or disfiguring.

  • Excrescence (phonology) is the epenthesis of a consonant.
  • In medicine and physiology, an outgrowth, especially of this skin, such as occurs in carnosity.
  • Excrescence (architecture) is a feature that grows out of the main structure, particularly one added in a later period that does not harmonize with the original. "One of the worst enemies of modern Gothic architecture ... is the ``excrescence``." (John Ruskin, ``The Seven Lamps of Architecture``)

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excrescence
Sep 05, 2008; excrescence • noun   1. an excrescence on his leg synonyms : growth, lump, swelling, nodule, outgrowth.   2. the...
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Letter: Horrendous excrescence.(Letters)
Feb 07, 2005; Byline: J Horrocks (Mrs) CAN I just add my voice to those expressing their dismay at the horrendous excrescence that is to blight...
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See the bin Ladenites as Excrescence of a Painful Transition
Oct 29, 2001; David Ignatius International Herald Tribune 10-29-2001 Because his last known address was a cave in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden...
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ROSE-GALL cures
Jan 01, 1996; ROSE-GALL cures 1878 Folk-Lore Record 38 [Fittleworth] Hang round the patient's neck the excrescence often found upon the...
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Hung by the neck
Aug 31, 2005; Our houseguest, Mrs Malaprop, told me R. Lea Clough (August 27) is a pendant, and a poor one at that. The full meaning of...
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