excrescences

plural of excrescence

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Noun
  • In an era when artificial intelligence can read X-rays, detect tumors, and recommend treatments, that question is no longer hypothetical.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Others have reported an increased risk of pancreatitis, muscle loss and thyroid tumors.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, even high-quality 2D materials can have atomic defects, like missing sulfur or selenium atoms, which affect electrical behavior.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Marijuana may damage oocytes — unfertilized eggs in female ovaries — in ways researchers worry may lead to infertility, miscarriage and possible genetic defects in babies, new research has found.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These lengthening formulas prioritize coating each lash sleekly, with no bumps or lumps of product.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But the scars from that era are still very much present in society, and the son, Im Dong-hwan, represents the youth of today who are trying to come to terms with that generational complexity and its legacy.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Extensive research in the past few years has shown that the scars of redlining persist, particularly in terms of poorer health outcomes for residents of those areas.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Excrescences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrescences. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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