auxesis

[ awg-zee-sis, awk-see- ]

nounBiology.

growth, especially that resulting from an increase in cell size.

Origin of auxesis

1570–80; <Greek: increase, equivalent to auxē- verbid stem of aúxein to increase + -sis-sis

Compare merisis.

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British Dictionary definitions for auxesis

auxesis

/ (ɔːɡˈziːsɪs, ɔːkˈsiː-) /

noun

growth in animal or plant tissues resulting from an increase in cell size without cell division

Origin of auxesis

C16: via Latin from Greek: increase, from auxein to increase, grow

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