Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings "the bony excrescence between its horns" - bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Derived forms: excrescences
See also: excrescent
Type of: appendage, growth, outgrowth, process, projection