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excrescency

American  
[ik-skres-uhn-see] / ɪkˈskrɛs ən si /

noun

  1. something that is excrescent; excrescence.

  2. a state of being excrescent.

excrescency British  
/ ɪkˈskrɛsənsɪ /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being excrescent

  2. another word for excrescence

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Etymology

Origin of excrescency

1535–45; variant of excrescence; -ency

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