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EXCRESCENT

\ɛkskɹˈɛsənt], \ɛkskɹˈɛsənt], \ɛ_k_s_k_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of EXCRESCENT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Growing out: superfluous.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Having the form of an excrescence.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

That which grows out of another with preternatural superfluity.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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