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Meaning of "excrescency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCRESCENCY

excrescency  [ɪkˈskrɛsənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCRESCENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excrescency 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 EXCRESCENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of excrescency in the English dictionary

The definition of excrescency in the dictionary is the state or condition of being excrescent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCRESCENCY


acescency
əˈsɛsənsɪ
alkalescency
ˌælkəˈlɛsənsɪ
complacency
kəmˈpleɪsənsɪ
convalescency
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənsɪ
decency
ˈdiːsənsɪ
erubescency
ˌɛrʊˈbɛsənsɪ
incandescency
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənsɪ
incessancy
ɪnˈsɛsənsɪ
indecency
ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ
innocency
ˈɪnəsənsɪ
intumescency
ˌɪntjʊˈmɛsənsɪ
liquescency
lɪˈkwɛsənsɪ
lucency
ˈluːsənsɪ
nascency
ˈneɪsənsɪ
quiescency
kwɪˈɛsənsɪ
radiolucency
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈluːsənsɪ
recency
ˈriːsənsɪ
revivescency
ˌrɛvɪˈvɛsənsɪ
translucency
trænzˈluːsənsɪ
turgescency
tɜːˈdʒɛsənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCRESCENCY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCRESCENCY

adjacency
agency
circumjacency
coadjacency
connascency
consenescency
consistency
currency
effervescency
efficiency
emergency
frequency
gross indecency
interjacency
potency
recrudescency
resipiscency
reviviscency
subjacency
tendency

Synonyms and antonyms of excrescency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «excrescency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCRESCENCY

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The translations of excrescency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «excrescency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

excrescency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excrescency
570 millions of speakers

English

excrescency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

excrescency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

excrescency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

excrescency
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excrescency
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

excrescency
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

excroissance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Excrescency
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ausstülpung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

excrescency
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

excrescency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Excrescency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

excrescency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

excrescency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छळछावणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

excrescency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

excrescency
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

excrescency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

excrescency
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excrescency
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

excrescency
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

excrescency
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

excrescency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

excrescency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excrescency

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCRESCENCY»

The term «excrescency» is normally little used and occupies the 148.881 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCRESCENCY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCRESCENCY»

Discover the use of excrescency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excrescency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Philosophical Transactions to the Year ____ Abridged and ...
U We now return to Dr le Cat's own words." I (hall here subjoin the description of an instrument of Surgery, which I have lately invented. Forceps for When the fingers can lay hold of an excrescency, the Surgeon need 'be 'x'i'PMM not think of  ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1756
2
The Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
I shall here subjoin the description of an instrument of Surgery, which I have lately invented. Forceps for When the fingers can lay hold of an excrescency, the Surgeon need the extirpation not think of making u(e of machines for it ; he will never ...
Royal society of London, 1756
3
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the ...
When the Fingers can lay hold of an Excrescency, the Surgeon need not think of making use of Machines for it 5 he will never find any convenient enough; but all Tumours that arc to be extirpated arc not within the Reach of the Fingers : There ...
4
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the ...
When the lingers can lay hold of an Excrescency, the Surgeon need not think of making use of Machines for it j he will never find any convenient enough ; but all Tumours that arc to be extirpated are not within the Reach of the Fingers : There ...
John Martyn ((Londres)), Henry Oldenburg, James Allestry ((Londres)), 1750
5
Analecta: or Materials for a history of remarkable ...
Mr Dundas,f late Advocat, told me, that a Bill presented to the House for the leaving the excrescency of the twenty thousand pound by the malt-tax, in the hands of the burghs, was droped for this reason, that when the English Members found ...
Robert Wodrow, Matthew Leishman, 1843
6
German orthography and phonology: a treatise with a ...
Excrescency 122. Temporal displacement may also lead to the utterance of an extra consonant, especially a stop: MHG min(e)re > ntinber, English eveniing) but 31benb, je=mann > jemanb, etn(e)§ > etnft, dialectically anberS > anberft ; cf.
George Hempl, 1897
7
University of St. Andrews. [2], xxiv, 432, [2] p
And that any remaining excrescency in the Factor's hand might not be carried off by other gifts, they resolved to employ it in repairing and improving the fabric of the College. And considering that it is of advantage to the society, that the Masters ...
Great Britain. Commission for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of Scotland, 1837
8
University of St. Andrews
And that any remaining excrescency in the Factor's hand might not be carried off by other gifts, they resolved to employ it in repairing and improving the fabric of the College. And considering that it is of advantage to the society, that the Masters ...
Great Britain. Commission for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of Scotland, 1837
9
Troublesome corpses: vampires & revenants, from antiquity to ...
'5 Indeed, the so-called 'magical mark' or excrescency is reminiscent of the stigmata diaboli or sigillum diaboli, a mark supposedly branded on witches by the Devil that resembled a scar, mole, birthmark or tattoo, and which denoted the Devil's ...
David Keyworth, 2007
10
Philosophical Transactions and Collections: Abridged and ...
I shall here subjoin the description of an instrument of Surgery, which I have lately invented. Forceps for "When the fingers can lay hold of an excrescency, the Surgeon need tH extirpation not think of making use of machines for it ; he will never ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1743

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