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   excrescence

   /ɪkˈskrɛsns/

   noun

   • 1. a distinct outgrowth on a body or plant, resulting from disease or abnormality: "the males often have a strange excrescence on the tip of the snout" Similar growthlumpswellingprotuberanceprotrusionknobnoduleoutgrowthwartboilpustulecarbuncletumour
   • ▪ an unattractive or superfluous object or feature: "the building is a sixties excrescence foisted on an otherwise flawless street" Similar eyesoreblot on the landscapemonstrositydisfigurementinformal:sight

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin excrescentia, from excrescere ‘grow out’, from ex- ‘out’ + crescere ‘grow’.

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