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excrescence

/ik-skres-uhns/US // ɪkˈskrɛs əns //UK // (ɪkˈskrɛsəns) //

排泄物,赘生物,赘肉,赘疣

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body.
    • : a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns.
    • : any disfiguring addition.
    • : abnormal growth or increase.

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Examples

  • Nor are these stories a mere excrescence of theology, but theology itself.

  • His cowl had half-fallen back, and made a strange excrescence on either side of his bull-neck.

  • There was a small excrescence or hut on the roof—about ten feet by six in dimensions—which formed—their residence.

  • Behind this, hiding itself as it were and almost invisible, nestled a smaller excrescence or offshoot.

  • Accordingly, the Crown has dwindled away in proportion to the unnatural and turgid growth of this excrescence on the Court.