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Webster 1913 Edition

Excrescence

Ex-cres′cence

Noun.
[F.
excrescence
,
excroissanse
, L.
excrescentia
excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of
excrescere
. See
Excrescent
.]
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance;
as, an
excrescence
on the body, or on a plant
.
“Excrescences of joy.”
Jer. Taylor.
The
excrescences
of the Spanish monarchy.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excrescence

EXCRES'CENCE

,
Noun.
[L. excrescens, from excresco; ex and cresco, to grow.] In surgery, a preternatural protuberance growing on any part of the body, as a wart or a tubercle; a superfluous part.
1.
Any preternatural enlargement of a plant, like a wart or tumor; or something growing out from a plant.
2.
A preternatural production.

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