Excrescences - English meaning

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

noun

The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

Bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes

noun

An inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

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You can use them to treat sores, bruises, cuts, boils and inflammatory skin conditions.

noun

A severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.

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It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses,…

noun

A large painful swelling under the skin

noun

The process of increasing in size.

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The upward growth of plants

noun

The process of developing or of increasing in size

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[ u ] plant growth is most noticeable in spring., [ u ] his budget is designed to promote economic …

noun

An increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services

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The growth of the indian economy, we have had three successive years of economic growth., growth ra…

noun

A rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.

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After the glue has hardened, rub fine-grain sandpaper across the surface of both knobs, making thei…

verb

(of a man) have sex with (someone).

noun

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Usage examples:

There was a lump of ice floating in the milk

verb

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Usage examples:

Hong kong and bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures

verb

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

Usage examples:

You can like it or lump it but i've got to work

noun

A small swelling or aggregation of cells in the body, especially an abnormal one.

Usage examples:

The area feels firm but has irregular nodules which can be painful to touch

noun

A small raised area or swelling

Usage examples:

There was a soft nodule on my vocal cord.

noun

Something that grows out of something else.

Usage examples:

The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain

noun

Something that protrudes; a protuberance.

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A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface, or the act of doing this

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It has a series of protrusions along its back., the condition results in weight loss, rapid heart b…

noun

A thing that protrudes from something else.

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Some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface

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If the plant has been infected you will see dark protuberances along the stems., bunions are bony p…

noun

A small blister or pimple on the skin containing pus.

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Lesions consist of erythematous papules, nodules, pustules, verrucous, or granulomatous lesions.

noun

A small raised area on the skin that contains pus (= thick liquid)

noun

An abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen

adjective

Becoming greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.

Usage examples:

The swelling ranks of irish singer-songwriters

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.

Usage examples:

She underwent six months of chemotherapy to try to shrink the tumour

noun

A mass of diseased cells that might become a lump or cause illness

Usage examples:

They found a malignant tumour in her breast., a benign tumour, a brain tumour

noun

A small, hard, benign growth on the skin, caused by a virus.

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Benign skin growths include warts, moles, or corns, which are rarely serious problems.

noun

A small, hard lump that grows on the skin and is caused by a virus