excrescences

plural of excrescence

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Noun
  • Cancer Cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists are hailing promising breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, with one new therapy appearing to kill tumors without damaging healthy flesh.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Folate deficiency in a mother increases the risk of neural tube defects including spina bifida, but the link to autism is unclear.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Folate supplements are already recommended for women during pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, in infants.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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