Noun: excrescence iks'kre-sun(t)s
- Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the bony excrescence between its horns";
- bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion
- (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
"The doctor removed the excrescence from the patient's skin"
Derived forms: excrescences
Type of: appendage, growth, outgrowth, process, projection
Encyclopedia: Excrescence