ex·cres·cence /ɪkˈskrɛsṇ(t)s, ɛk-/
異常生長,瘤,贅生物
ex·cres·cence /ɪkˈskrɛsṇ(t)s/ 名詞
小瘤,贅疣
Ex·cres·cence n. 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. “Excrescences of joy.”
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison.
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excrescence
n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion]
2: (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some
part of the body