succrescence
English
Etymology
From Latin succrescentia, from succresco.
Noun
succrescence (plural not attested)
- An outward growth from underneath.
- 1650, Edward Marbury, A Commentarie, or Exposition Upon the Prophecie of Habakkuk:
- ſhe aboundeth in continuall ſuccreſcence of new ſeed.
- 1663, John Wallis, The Correspondence of John Wallis, Volume II:
- But it seems to be a protrusion or succrescence of tendonous matter grown hard and callous
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Related terms
- succrescent