excrescence

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noun

1. 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
• Syn:
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity,
gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion
• Derivationally related forms:
excrescent, protrude (for: protrusion), protuberant (for: protuberance), protuberate (for: protuberance), gibbous (for: gibbousness), gibbous (for: gibbosity), hump (for: hump), bulgy (for: bulge), bulge (for: bulge)
• Hypernyms:
projection
• Hyponyms:
frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul,
nub, nubble, snag, wart
2. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
• Derivationally related forms:
excrescent
• Topics:
pathology
• Hypernyms:
process, outgrowth, appendage, growth
• Hyponyms:
vegetation