Excrescence
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
in linguistics, a type of epenthesis, where a consonant is added to the middle of a word
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Senses
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in pathology, an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- extrusion
- plural
- Excrescences
- possessive
- Excrescence's
- pluralpossessive
- Excrescences'