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excrescence
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excrescence
noun
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
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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)
type of:
projection
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
noun
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
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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)
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