HyperDic: excrescent

English > 1 sense of the word excrescent:
ADJECTIVEpertexcrescentforming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
English > excrescent: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
Meaningforming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth).
Spanishexcrescente
Nounsexcrescence(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
excrescencesomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
growth(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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