 excrescence |
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| 1. | [ noun ] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form | |
| Synonyms: | bulge protuberance protrusion gibbousness gibbosity jut prominence hump extrusion bump | |
| Related terms: | projection spur wart nub occipital_protuberance frontal_eminence belly mogul caput snag bulge protrude hunch bulge | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (anatomy,medicine,zoology,pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | |
| Related terms: | process growth vegetation pathology | |
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excrescent |
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