Excrescence may refer to:
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Excrescence (phonology)
In phonology, epenthesis (; Greek ) means the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially in the beginning syllable ('' prothesis'') or in the ending syllable (''paragoge'') or in-between two syllabic sounds in a word. The word ''epenth ...
, the addition of a consonant to a word
* In medicine and physiology, an outgrowth, especially of this skin, such as occurs in
carnosity
In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.
In plants
A tubercle is generally a wart-like projection, ...
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Excrescence (architecture), a term defined by the architect Ruskin to mean an unpleasant addition to a building
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