excrescence
excrescence
Definition
ex·cres·cence (eks kres′əns, iks-)
noun
- Now Rare a normal outgrowth; natural appendage, as a fingernail
- 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
excrescence
Synonyms
excrescence
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- small: These were the battery positions, each consisting off four large emplacements with smaller excrescences beside them [ the dugouts ] .
Modifies a noun
- drag: Part 4: estimation of excrescence drag at subsonic speeds.
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