Excrescency

/ɪkˈskrɛsənsi/ noun

Definition

An abnormal outgrowth; excrescence; the state or quality of growing excessively.

Etymology

Variant spelling and form of excrescence, from Latin excrescentia, using an alternative -cy ending instead of -ce to create the noun form.

Kelly Says

This is basically the same word as 'excrescence,' but with an older spelling variant that persisted in medical and scholarly texts—English has many such doublets where two forms survive for the same concept.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
መላለ
me-la-le
ARالعربية
نمو غير طبيعي
nimu ghair tabi'i
BNবাংলা
উৎপত্তি
ut-pot-ti
CACatalà
excreixença
eks-kre-i-sen-sa
CSČeština
výrůstky
vee-roost-kee
DADansk
vækst
vækst
DEDeutsch
Erhebung
er-hayp-ung
ELΕλληνικά
αύξηση
av-khee-seh
ESEspañol
excrescencia
eks-kresh-en-thee-ah
FAفارسی
تکثیر
tak-se-eer
FISuomi
kasvu
kas-vu
FRFrançais
excrescence
eks-kresh-ans
GUGU
ઉદ્દાટન
ood-daat-na
HAHA
fada
fa-da
HEעברית
צמיחה
tsee-mee-kha
HIहिन्दी
उद्गम
ud-gam
HUMagyar
növekedés
no-ve-ke-des
IDBahasa Indonesia
pertumbuhan
per-tu-mbuhan
IGIG
iwu
ee-woo
ITItaliano
eccrezione
ek-kre-tsyo-neh
JA日本語
増殖
ぞうしょく
KKKK
өсу
ö-soo
KMKM
កម្ពស់
kambos
KO한국어
돌출
dolchul
MRMR
उद्गम
ud-gam
MSBahasa Melayu
pertumbuhan
per-tu-mbuhan
MYမြန်မာ
တွင်းပြား
twein-pya
NLNederlands
uitgroei
uit-groe-ee
NONorsk
vekst
vekt
PAPA
增長
zēng-cháng
PLPolski
wyrostki
vye-rost-kee
PTPortuguês
excrescência
eks-kresh-en-sa
RORomână
crestere
kre-ste-reh
RUРусский
волости
vol-os-tee
SVSvenska
växt
vɛkst
SWKiswahili
kuzima
koo-zee-mah
TAதமிழ்
விருத்தி
vi-rith-thi
TEతెలుగు
వృద్ధి
vru-d-dhi
THไทย
การงอก
gan ngok
TLTL
paglaki
pa-glak-ee
TRTürkçe
kitlelenme
kitle-len-meh
UKУкраїнська
виростання
vyro-stann-ya
URاردو
増殖
zāy-zā-l
VITiếng Việt
mọc thêm
moc them
YOYO
àwọn
aw-on
ZH中文
赘生物
zhuì shēngwù
ZUZU
ukusasa
oo-koo-sa-sa

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