Ex-crĕs'çençe, n.

[Fr. excrescence, excroissance, Sp. excrescencia, excrecencia, It. escrescenza.] An excrescent appendage, as a wart or tumor; any thing growing out unnaturally from any thing else; a preternatural or morbid outgrowth; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; an excessive or violent outbreak; as, an excrescence on the body; an excrescence of a plant; a horny excrescence. “The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy.” Addison. “Excrescences of joy.” Bp. Taylor.