excrescence

名词 excrescence:

1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   同义词：bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion
2. (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

ex.cres.cence

n.（名词）
An abnormal outgrowth or enlargement, such as a wart.
赘疣：一种不正常的增长或扩大，例如疣
A normal outgrowth, such as a fingernail or a beard.
自然长出物：正常的生长，如指甲或胡须
A usually unwanted or unncessary accretion:
多余物：通常不想要的或不必要的增长：
例句：
.Independent agencies were an excrescence on the Constitution.(Los Angeles Times)
.独立的代理处是宪法不需要的东西.(洛杉矶时报)

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin excrôscentia
源自 拉丁语 excrôscentia
from neuter pl. of excrôscôns excrôscent- [present participle of] excrôscere [to grow out]
源自 excrôscôns的中性复数 excrôscent- [] excrôscere的现在分词 [长得太大而不能]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.从前的，前任的.]
crôscere [to grow] * see ker- 2
crôscere [生长] *参见 ker- 2