excrescence - Definition | Dictionary definition of excrescence

Definition of excrescence

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

"the bony excrescence between its horns"

Synonyms:: bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; frontal eminence
either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit; occipital protuberance
prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone; belly
a part that bulges deeply; caput
a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; mogul
a bump on a ski slope; nub, nubble
a small lump or protuberance; snag
a sharp protuberance; wart
any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)

(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

Types:: vegetation
an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)

Type of:: appendage, outgrowth, process
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; growth
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)