Excrescence

[ɪk'skres(ə)ns;eks-] or [ɪk'skrɛsns]

解釋/意思:

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

編輯:鲁弗斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant.

手打:托德

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Wart, tumor, morbid protuberance.

巴纳德編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Superfluity, redundancy, imposthume, tumor

ANT:Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection

西里尔整理

解釋/意思:

n. that which grows out unnaturally from anything else: an outbreak: a wart or tumour: a superfluous part.—ns. Ex′crement an outgrowth; Excres′cency state of being excrescent: excrescence.—adjs. Excres′cent growing out: superfluous; Excrescen′tial.

校對:莱斯利