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Word: Excrescence
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin excrescentia, from excrescere ‘grow out’, from ex- ‘out’ + crescere ‘grow’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈskrɛsns
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈskrɛsns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a distinct outgrowth on a body or plant, resulting from disease or abnormality
Short Definition:distinct outgrowth on body or plant, resulting from disease or abnormality
Examples:- the males often have a strange excrescence on the tip of the snout
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