English-Thai Dictionary

excrescence

N สิ่ง ที่ งอก ออกมา อย่าง ผิดปกติ (จาก คน  สัตว์  พืช  lump outgrowth wart sing-ti-ngok-ook-ma-yang-pid-pok-ka-ti

 

excrescence

N ส่วน ที่ เพิ่มขึ้น มา อย่าง น่าเกลียด  เช่น  ส่วน ของ ตึก  suan-ti-poem-kuen-ma-yang-na-kliad-chen-suan-kong-tuek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXCRESCENCE

n.[L. excrescens, from excresco; ex and cresco, to grow. ] In surgery, a preternatural protuberance growing on any part of the body, as a wart or a tubercle; a superfluous part. 1. Any preternatural enlargement of a plant, like a wart or tumor; or something growing out from a plant.
2. A preternatural production.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXCRESCENCE

Ex *cres "cence n. Etym: [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L. excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere. See Excrescent. ]

 

Defn: 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. "Excrescences of joy. " Jer.Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

excrescence

ex cres cence |ikˈskresəns ɪkˈskrɛsns | ▶noun a distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, esp. one that is the result of disease or abnormality. • an unattractive or superfluous addition or feature: removing the excrescences of later interpretation. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin excrescentia, from excrescere ‘grow out, ’ from ex- ‘out ’ + crescere ‘grow. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

excrescence

excrescence |ɪkˈskrɛs (ə )ns, ɛks- | ▶noun a distinct outgrowth on a body or plant, resulting from disease or abnormality. • an unattractive or superfluous object or feature: the building is a sixties excrescence foisted on an otherwise flawless street. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin excrescentia, from excrescere ‘grow out ’, from ex- ‘out ’ + crescere ‘grow ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

excrescence

excrescence noun 1 an excrescence on his leg: growth, lump, swelling, nodule, outgrowth. 2 the new buildings were an excrescence: eyesore, blot on the landscape, monstrosity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

excrescence

excrescence noun 1 a large excrescence on his leg: growth, lump, swelling, protuberance, protrusion, knob, nodule, outgrowth; wart, boil, pustule, carbuncle, tumour. 2 the new buildings around the cathedral were an excrescence: eyesore, blot on the landscape, monstrosity, disfigurement; informal sight.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

excrescence

ex cres cence /ɪkskrés (ə )ns, eks- /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠1 ｟比喩的に ｠醜い物 ; 余計なもの .2 (いぼ こぶなどのように )異常に発生するもの , 贅生 （ぜいせい ）.3 (毛髪 つめなどのように )自然に発生するもの .