excrescence

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English, early 15th century, in sense “(action of) growing out (of something else)”. Borrowed from Latin excrescentia (“abnormal growths”), from excrescentem, from excrēscere, from ex- (“out”) (English ex-) + crēscere (“to grow”) (English crescent). Sense of “abnormal growth” from 1570s, from earlier excrescency (1540s in this sense). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈskɹɛsəns/, /ɪkˈskɹɛsəns/ Rhymes: -ɛsəns === Noun === excrescence (plural excrescences) Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else. A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct. (phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2). Synonym: vyanjanabhakti Antonyms: svarabhakti, anaptyxis Hypernym: epenthesis ==== Hyponyms ==== (phonetic): linking consonant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== excrescency excrescent ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (phonetic): intervocalic === References ===