excrescence

nouns

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"
bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
is derived from
excrescent
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
excrescence
is derived from
excrescent
domain category
the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
pathology
is a type of (narrower)
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
"a bony process"
appendage, outgrowth, process
is a type of (narrower)
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
growth