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What (who) is fungous excrescence - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Excrescence (disambiguation); Excrescent
Excrescence
·noun 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.
excrescence
n.
1.
Wart, tumor, morbid protuberance or growth.
2.
Superfluity, useless outgrowth, deforming attachment or appendage.
excrescence
[?k'skr?s(?)ns, ?ks-]
¦ noun
1. an abnormal outgrowth on a body or plant.
2. an unattractive or superfluous addition or feature.
Derivatives
excrescent adjective
Origin
ME: from L. excrescentia, from excrescere 'grow out'.
Wikipedia
Excrescence
Excrescence may refer to:
- Excrescence (phonology), the addition of a consonant to a word
- In medicine and physiology, an outgrowth, especially of this skin, such as occurs in carnosity
- Excrescence (architecture), a term defined by the architect Ruskin to mean an unpleasant addition to a building
