excrescence

(eks kres′əns, iks-)

noun

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

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noun

An outgrowth or enlargement, especially an abnormal one, such as a wart.
A usually unwanted or unnecessary accretion: “Independent agencies were an excrescence on the Constitution” (Los Angeles Times).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin excrēscentia

Origin: , from neuter pl. of excrēscēns, excrēscent-

Origin: , present participle of excrēscere, to grow out

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + crēscere, to grow; see ker-² in Indo-European roots

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