Synonyms for excrescence
ɪkˈskrɛs ənsex·cres·cence

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1. excrescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   linking consonant

   Antonyms:
   anaptyxis

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Growth
   • Process

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1. excrescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   wart, tumor, morbid protuberance

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1. Donald Culross Peattie:

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