succrescence

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English

Etymology

From Latin succrescentia, from succresco.

Noun

succrescence (plural not attested)

  1. 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