1. excrescence - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion
Hypernym(s): projection
2. excrescence - noun
· (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Hypernym(s): process, outgrowth, appendage, growth
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