supercrescent

English

Etymology

Latin supercrescens, present participle of supercrescere.

Adjective

supercrescent (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Growing on some other growing thing.
    • 1732, George Smith, Institutiones Chirurgicæ: or, Principles of Surgery:
      consume or diminish the supercrescent or overgrown Flesh

References
  • supercrescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

supercrēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of supercrēscō
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