English to English noun
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |  | Example: the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the bony excrescence between its horns
source: wordnet30
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(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body |  | source: wordnet30
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An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. |  | source: webster1913
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