Difference between excrescence and intervocalic
Definitions
noun
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Examples
During the first year he has no horns, but a horny excrescence, which is short and rough, and covered with a thin hairy skin.
They are covered with reddish brown hair, and the sides of the face, in adult males, are commonly produced into two crescentic, flexible excrescences, like fatty tumours.
The Chinese have a tradition of breaking open the seed of brucea javonica and taping directly over warts and excrescences to stimulate their dissolution.
