excrescency

noun

ex·​cres·​cen·​cy ik-ˈskre-sᵊn-sē 

ek-

plural excrescencies

: excrescence

Synonyms

• excrescence
• growth
• lump
• neoplasm
• tumor

Examples of excrescency in a Sentence

fortunately, the excrescency could be removed with surgery

some feel that the planned skyscraper would be an excrescency on the city's low-rise skyline

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined above