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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCRESCENCE

excrescence  [ɪkˈskrɛsəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCRESCENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excrescence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXCRESCENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of excrescence in the English dictionary

The definition of excrescence in the dictionary is a projection or protuberance, esp an outgrowth from an organ or part of the body.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCRESCENCE


accrescence
əˈkrɛsəns
adolescence
ˌædəˈlɛsəns
adularescence
əˌdjʊləˈrɛsəns
arborescence
ˌɑːbəˈrɛsəns
calorescence
ˌkæləˈrɛsəns
concrescence
kənˈkrɛsəns
decrescence
dɪˈkrɛsəns
efflorescence
ˌɛflɔːˈrɛsəns
electroluminescence
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
essence
ˈɛsəns
florescence
flɔːˈrɛsəns
fluorescence
ˌflʊəˈrɛsəns
immunofluorescence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊflʊəˈrɛsəns
inflorescence
ˌɪnflɔːˈrɛsəns
luminescence
ˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
phosphorescence
ˌfɒsfəˈrɛsəns
quintessence
kwɪnˈtɛsəns
vaporescence
ˌveɪpəˈrɛsəns
virescence
vɪˈrɛsəns
vitrescence
vɪˈtrɛsəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCRESCENCE

excrecencies
excrement
excremental
excrementitial
excrementitious
excrescency
excrescent
excrescential
excrescently
excreta
excretal
excrete
excreter
excretion
excretive
excretory
excruciate
excruciating
excruciatingly
excruciation

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCRESCENCE

at your convenience
car licence
chemiluminescence
coalescence
concupiscence
dehiscence
driving licence
effervescence
evanescence
gaming licence
innocence
licence
magnificence
obsolescence
photoluminescence
provisional driving licence
reminiscence
renascence
road-fund licence
senescence
translucence

Synonyms and antonyms of excrescence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXCRESCENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «excrescence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of excrescence

Translation of «excrescence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCRESCENCE

Find out the translation of excrescence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of excrescence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «excrescence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

赘生物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excrecencia
570 millions of speakers

English

excrescence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रसौली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زائدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нарост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excrescência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়তি অংশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

excroissance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkumuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auswuchs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

突出物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성장 물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Excrescence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cục u
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

excrescence
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उधळपट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

escrescenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

narośl
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наріст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excrescență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποσάρκωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitwas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utväxt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utvekst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excrescence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCRESCENCE»

The term «excrescence» is regularly used and occupies the 105.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCRESCENCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about excrescence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCRESCENCE»

Discover the use of excrescence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excrescence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Introduction to Aircraft Performance
1.7.1 Excrescence Drag Excrescence drag (also called roughness drag) is due to local flow separation and vortex formation. It is a mix of tangential forces and normal forces, the latter being dominant. Whereas profile drag includes the ...
Mario Asselin, 1997
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Observations on the treatment of certain severe forms of ...
I have just had the opportunity of examining the anus of a man, an extern patient at St. Peter's Hospital, on whom the? operation of cutting away the hemorrhoidal excrescence was performed by Mx^M* Daniel*, now three weeks ago.
John Kirby, 1817
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Additional observations on the treatment of certain severe ...
ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ox HEMORRHOIDAL EXCRESCENCE. EIGHT years have now expired since the publication of my " Observations on the treatment of certain severe forms of Hemorrhoidal Excrescence :" Within that period ...
John Kirby, 1825
4
Badiou: A Subject to Truth
The platoon is a normal subset of its situation. An entire situation is fully normal if every member of its every subset is duly recognized and classified by its state. What Badiou calls an "excrescence" (excroissance) is a term that is represented ...
Peter Hallward
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Salem-village Witchcraft: A Documentary Record of Local ...
The first three, namely Bishop, Nurse, Proctor, by diligent search have discovered a preternatural excrescence of flesh between the pudendum and anus, much like to teats, and not usual in women, and much unlike to the other three that hath ...
Paul S. Boyer, Stephen Nissenbaum, 1972
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Aircraft Design
The methodology involves first computing excrescence drag on a 2D flat surface without any pressure gradient. On a 3D curved surface with a pressure gradient, the excrescence drag is magnified. The location of a joint of a subassembly on ...
Ajoy Kundu, 2010
7
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's ...
IM Two смен of cauliflower excrescence. Bouton M. Л- S. J.. 1870. т, 181- 18:{. — ItlikMC-liilc. Zur Pathologic des Clarke'selien Blu- inonkohlgewächses. Ztschr. <1. k.-k. Gesi-Ilsch. il. Aerzte zu Wien. 18.VÍ. 40 59 — iVIonlgOHiery (\V. K) A case ...
National Library of Medicine (U.S.), 1894
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Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's ...
Uterus (Cauliflower excrescence of). Mouatschr. I'. Geburtsk. 11. Frauenkr., Berl., 1861, xviii, 12-1«. AUo : Verhaudl. il. Gesellsch. f. Gebui teh. in Bell. (1860-61), 1802. xiv. 89-95.— Mcllauerl.J. 1'.) Two cases of cauliflower excrescence. Boston  ...
Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.), 1894
9
A Dictionary of practical Surgery
The encanthis, at its commencement, is nothing more, says Scarpa, than a small, soft, red, and sometimes rather livid, excrescence, which grows from the carun- cula lachrymalis, and, at the same time, from the neighbouring semilunar fold of ...
Samuel Cooper, 1818
10
Understanding Aerodynamics: Arguing from the Real Physics
If the local flow field surrounding the excrescence has an identifiable local “ freestream" velocity different from the global freestream, the rate of work done against the part of the total drag that we can blame on the excrescence should be close ...
Doug McLean, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCRESCENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excrescence is used in the context of the following news items.
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The mystery of the iMac's granddaddy: The Twentieth Anniversary …
But that doesn't mean it's not in itself a wonderful, longed-for Mac. It's an utterly glorious thing, a weird, of-its-era excrescence, a bold attempt at ... «Macworld, Jul 15»
2
Mona Charen: Whitewashing the Democratic Party's History
The Democrats were the party of slavery, black codes, Jim Crow, and that miserable terrorist excrescence the Ku Klux Klan. Republicans were ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
3
How Britain and the US decided to abandon Srebrenica to its fate
... Contact Group's negotiator, an American, Robert Frasure, that the safe areas constituted “a monstrous excrescence” within Serbian territory. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
A 'miscarried' state — IV
He says: “In Italy, capitalism is in its infancy...the law is the modern excrescence on an ancient edifice. It is not the product of economic evolution ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Contemporary Imperialism
The excrescence of Department III, in turn, favors in fact the erasure of the distinction made by Marx between productive (of surplus-value) labor ... «Monthly Review, Jul 15»
6
CHAREN: Whitewashing the Dems history
The Democrats were the party of slavery, black codes, Jim Crow, and that miserable terrorist excrescence the Ku Klux Klan. Republicans were ... «Odessa American, Jun 15»
7
Whitewashing the Democratic Party's History
The Democrats were the party of slavery, black codes, Jim Crow, and that miserable terrorist excrescence the Ku Klux Klan. Republicans were ... «Patriot Post, Jun 15»
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Review: Nelly Arcan's Breakneck shows why she's one of the best …
Rose is “Charles' excrescence” and his slave. A vagina is “a black hole,” “a corpse,” an “open casket.” Gender relations are not much better. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
9
Music Notes: It's The Songs, Man
You can take a mediocre song and do all the production you want on it, and you're still just polishing an 'excrescence.' There's a polite word. «Washington Life Magazine, Jun 15»
10
Economical with the actualité
... new and horrible political parties, the excrescence of bloodthirsty racism and the shop windows of the customless poor being smashed by the ... «Times Higher Education, Jun 15»

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