EXCRESCENCES Synonyms

• an external body part that projects from the body

• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

• a part that is joined to something larger

• a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

• (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

• (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

• get blistered

• subject to harsh criticism

• cause blisters to form on

• a lump on the body caused by a blow

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• an impact (as from a collision)

• knock against with force or violence

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• to enjoy some music greatly

• to play music at loud volume

• a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure

• a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

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

• something grown or growing

• an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

• a connecting point at which several lines come together

• any thickened enlargement

• (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

• (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system

• (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane

• the source of lymph and lymphocytes

• any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part

• (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

• a small node

• small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

• (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)

• a natural consequence of development

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out

• an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

• an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

• any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)

• an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)

• (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• swell or protrude outwards

• bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

• bulge outward

• cause to bulge or swell outwards

• a lump on the body caused by a blow

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• an impact (as from a collision)

• knock against with force or violence

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• to enjoy some music greatly

• to play music at loud volume

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• squeezing out by applying pressure

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• the act of projecting out from something

• extend out or project in space