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Synonyms for excrescence
ɪkˈskrɛs ənsex·cres·cence

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  1. excrescencenoun

    Synonyms:
    linking consonant

    Antonyms:
    anaptyxis

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. excrescence

    Synonyms:
    superfluity, redundancy, imposthume, tumor

    Antonyms:
    eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection

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  1. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencenoun

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

    "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

    Synonyms:
    swelling, lump, expulsion, protrusion, prominence, gibbousness, jut, jutting, intumescence, extrusion, bulge, projection, protuberance, gibbosity, intumescency, bump, blow, puffiness, hump

  2. excrescencenoun

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

    Synonyms:
    bump, extrusion, hump, protuberance, protrusion, prominence, swelling, gibbousness, jut, gibbosity, bulge

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  1. excrescencenoun

    Synonyms:
    wart, tumor, morbid protuberance

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How to use excrescence in a sentence?

  1. Donald Culross Peattie:

    Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebulience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its own right.


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