succrescence

English

Etymology

From Latin succrescentia, from succresco.

Noun

succrescence (plural not attested)

1. An outward growth from underneath.
   • 1650, Edward Marbury, A Commentarie, or Exposition Upon the Prophecie of Habakkuk:

     ſhe aboundeth in continuall ſuccreſcence of new ſeed.

   • 1663, John Wallis, The Correspondence of John Wallis, Volume II‎^[1]:

     But it seems to be a protrusion or succrescence of tendonous matter grown hard and callous

Related terms

• succrescent