n. | 1. | 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; |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, bump, prominence |
2. | excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body |