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excrescency

[ ik-skres-uhn-see ]

noun

  1. something that is excrescent; excrescence.
  2. a state of being excrescent.


excrescency

/ ɪkˈskrɛsənsɪ /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being excrescent
  2. another word for excrescence
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Word History and Origins

Origin of excrescency1

1535–45; variant of excrescence; -ency

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