excrescence

Letters that make excrescence

s, e, n, c, r, x are letters that make 'excrescence'

Words within excrescence

RES, re, SC, Sc, en, XC, ex, xc, CE, NC, Re, Ce, Cr, Es are words within 'excrescence'


2 possible definitions for 'excrescence'

Excrescence as "something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings"

Under this definition, excrescence is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bump, prominence, swelling, protrusion, protuberance, bulge, jut, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, extrusion have the same meaning as 'excrescence'

excrescence as a type

'excrescence' can be a type of projection.

Types of excrescence

belly, wart, caput, snag, nub, mogul, frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, nubble are types of 'excrescence'.

Derivatives of excrescence

gibbous, bellied, bulk, protrude, bulge out, bug out, protuberate, bulge, pouch, hump, hunch over, come out, pop out, pop, start, crookback, bulging, hunch forward, hunch, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, kyphotic, protuberant, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, excrescent, bag are derivatives of 'excrescence'.

Example of excrescence used within this context

"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge", "the hump of a camel", "he stood on the rocky prominence", "the occipital protuberance was well developed", "the bony excrescence between its horns"


Excrescence as "(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body"

Under this definition, excrescence is a noun and has the following properties:

excrescence as a type

'excrescence' can be a type of appendage, growth, process, outgrowth.

Types of excrescence

vegetation is a type of excrescence.

excrescence as a category

'excrescence' can be a category of pathology.

Derivatives of excrescence

excrescent is a derivative of excrescence.



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