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excrescence definition

ex·cres·cence (eks kres′əns, iks-)

noun

  1. Now Rare a normal outgrowth; natural appendage, as a fingernail
  2. an abnormal or disfiguring outgrowth or addition, as a bunion

Etymology: ME < OFr < L excrescentia, excrescences < excrescere, to grow out < ex-, out + crescere, to grow: see crescent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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