Excrescence
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Excrescence is something that is an outgrowth of something else. Depending on the subject matter, this may or may not be something abnormal and/or disfiguring.
  • Excrescence (phonology) is the epenthesis of a consonant.
  • In medicine and physiology, an outgrowth, especially of this skin, such as occurs in carnosity
    Carnosity
    A carnosity is a medical condition defined by any abnormal fleshy excrescence or tuberosity. Carnosity comes from the word carnose which means a build up of flesh....

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  • Excrescence (architecture) is a feature that grows out of the main structure, particularly one added in a later period that does not harmonize with the original. "One of the worst enemies of modern Gothic architecture ... is the ``excrescence``." (John Ruskin
    John Ruskin
    John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political...

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