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   ex·cres·cence

   /ikˈskres(ə)ns/

   noun

   • 1. a distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality: "the males often have a strange excrescence on the tip of the snout" Similar growthlumpswellingprotuberanceprotrusionknobnoduleoutgrowthwartboilpustulecarbuncletumor
   • ▪ an unattractive or superfluous addition or feature: "removing the excrescences of later interpretation" Similar eyesoreblot on the landscapemonstrositydisfigurementinformal:sight

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin excrescentia, from excrescere ‘grow out’, from ex- ‘out’ + crescere ‘grow’.

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