Definition of excrescence

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• excrescence is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 24
• excrescence is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 24
• excrescence is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 28

Definition of excrescence

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (noun)

  Examples

  1. the bony excrescence between its horns

  Synonyms

  1. bulge
  2. bump
  3. extrusion
  4. gibbosity
  5. gibbousness
  6. hump
  7. jut
  8. prominence
  9. protrusion
  10. protuberance
  11. swelling
• (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body (noun)

See definition of excrescence in Merriam Webster