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EXCRESCENCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("excrescence" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excrescence"):

vegetation (an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart))

Derivation:

excrescent (forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Example:

the bony excrescence between its horns

Synonyms:

bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("excrescence" is a kind of...):

projection (any solid convex shape that juts out from something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excrescence"):

frontal eminence (either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit)

occipital protuberance (prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone)

belly (a part that bulges deeply)

caput (a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure)

mogul (a bump on a ski slope)

nub; nubble (a small lump or protuberance)

snag (a sharp protuberance)

wart (any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals))

Derivation:

excrescent (forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth))

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