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excrescence
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excrescence in WordNet English dictionary
noun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
bulge
bump
hump
swelling
gibbosity
gibbousness
jut
prominence
protuberance
protrusion
extrusion
excrescence
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
excrescence
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