EXCRESCENCIES Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

excrescencies

noun

plural of excrescency

as in tumors

an abnormal mass of tissue fortunately, the excrescency could be removed with surgery

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as in defects

something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing some feel that the planned skyscraper would be an excrescency on the city's low-rise skyline

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Noun

Various types of cancer, in which malignant tumors invade surrounding tissues, contributed to between 13,000 and 20,000 deaths annually in this time frame.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
In January 2023, my doctor was floored — the tumors were gone.

— Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Definition of tumors

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Today, 67% of people insured through an employer – roughly 100 million Americans – are in these plans, making the law’s defects especially salient.

— Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
As release velocity increases, defects compound faster than teams can notice.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of defects

Noun

Can turkey tail mushrooms shrink lipomas, the soft, fatty lumps that show up under the skin of countless aging dogs?

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of lumps

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Although Chicago had its issues with redlining and massive disinvestment that left generational scars on some primarily Black neighborhoods, the small town ethos held little sway over me.

— Dawn M. Turner, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Adding these impacts to the early Earth’s heat budget, though, proved rather challenging because Earth has a peculiar way of healing its scars.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

Definition of scars

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Verticillium wilt causes similar blotches and yellowing.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2026
Pine snakes can grow up to 56 inches in length, have black, brown, and russet scales with dark blotches along their backs, and are noted for having a pointed nose, which experts believe may help with burrowing.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026

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