noun Download 🔗Share Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else. Examples : "The doctor removed the small, fleshy excrescence from the patient's skin during the check-up. " body medicine biology anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct. Examples : "The old tree had a large, ugly excrescence growing from its trunk, making it look diseased. " appearance body medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2). Examples : "The added "p" sound in some pronunciations of "warmth" is an example of an excrescence, a consonant inserted where it doesn't originally belong. " language linguistics phonetics grammar word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading