EXCRESCENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))

Derivation:

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

excrescence (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)

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