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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Excrescence \Ex*cres"cence\n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Excrescence \Ex*cres"cence\n. [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  excrescence
       n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
            a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
             jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion]
       2: (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some
          part of the body

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  excrescence
     n.
     1 Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
     2 A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
     3 (lb en phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., (m en
  warmth) as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or (m en -t -t
  (Etymology 2) id=excrescent).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  excrescence
     n.
     1 Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
     2 A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
     3 (lb en phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., (m en
  warmth) as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or (m en -t -t
  (Etymology 2) id=excrescent).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  excrescence
     n.
     1 Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
     2 A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
     3 (lb en phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., (m en
  warmth) as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or (m en -t -t
  (Etymology 2) id=excrescent).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  excrescence
     n.
     1 Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
     2 A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
     3 (lb en phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., (m en
  warmth) as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or (m en -t -t
  (Etymology 2) id=excrescent).

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/
  الزائدة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  excrescence //ɛkˈskɹɛsəns// //ɪkˈskɹɛsəns// 
  израстък
  something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/ 
  zbytečnost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/ 
  přebytečnost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/
  Auswuchs , Wucherung , Protuberanz  [med.]
     Synonyms: outgrowth, protuberance, protuberantia
  
   see: outgrowths, excrescences, protuberances, protuberantias, ecphyma
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/
   [fig.] Auswuchs , Exzess , Exzessivität ([+ gen]) 
           Note: of sth.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  excrescence //ɛkˈskɹɛsəns// //ɪkˈskɹɛsəns// 
  kasvannainen, kohouma
  something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/
  izbočina, izraslina, narastanje, čvoruga

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/
  kinövés

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  excrescence //ɛkˈskɹɛsəns// //ɪkˈskɹɛsəns// 
  utväxt
  something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  excrescence /ɛkskɹˈɛsəns/
  1. nasır ve ur gibi hayvan ve bitki gövdelerinde hâsıl olan fazla cisim
  2. fazlalık, normal dışı (çoğ.)alma. excrescent  normalden fazla büyüyen, fazla, gereksiz.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 异常生长,瘤,赘生物

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 异常生长,瘤,赘生物

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