Origin: Latin suffix -ence
Excrescence has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"
"the hump of a camel"
"he stood on the rocky prominence"
"the occipital protuberance was well developed"
"the bony excrescence between its horns"
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.