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excrescence a projection or protuberance, esp an outgrowth from an organ or part of the body excrescence [ek′skrē·səns] (biology) Abnormal or excessive increase in growth. An abnormal outgrowth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is true that several of the States, separately, are encumbered with considerable debts, which are an excrescence of the late war. Toward the middle of the platform the longboat, half buried in the hull of the vessel, formed a slight excrescence. asked a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock. |
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