an abnormal growth or disfiguring addition

The physician assured him that the excrescence on his neck was a benign mole, not a melanoma.

Related English words: excrescency (excrescence), excrescent (growing abnormally; forming a disfiguring addition)

Latin root words: excresco, excrescere, excrevi, excretus - to grow up; cresco, crescere, crevi, cretus - to grow, increase 

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