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excrescency

[ik-skres-uh n-see]
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noun
  1. something that is excrescent; excrescence.
  2. a state of being excrescent.

Origin of excrescency

1535–45; variant of excrescence; see -ency
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British Dictionary definitions for excrescency

excrescency

noun plural -cies
  1. the state or condition of being excrescent
  2. another word for excrescence
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