Ex*cres"cent (?), a. [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of excrescere to grow out ; ex out + crescere to grow. See Crescent.] Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts.
Pope.
Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.
Ex`cres*cen"tial (?) a. Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.] Hawthorne.
||Ex*cre"ta (?), n. pl. [L.] Matters to be excreted.
Ex*crete" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting.] [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis.] To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.
Ex"cre*tin (?), n. [From Excrete.] (physiol. Chem.) A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human fæces.
Ex*cre"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. excrétion.] 1. The act of excreting.
To promote secretion and excretion.
Pereira.