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auxesis
[ awg-zee-sis, awk-see- ]
/ ɔgˈzi sɪs, ɔkˈsi- /
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noun Biology.
growth, especially that resulting from an increase in cell size.
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Origin of auxesis
Words nearby auxesis
auxanogram, auxanography, auxanometer, Aux Cayes, Auxerre, auxesis, auxetic, auxiliaries, auxiliary, auxiliary language, auxiliary note
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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
Word Origin for auxesis
C16: via Latin from Greek: increase, from auxein to increase, grow
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Medical definitions for auxesis
auxesis
[ ôg-zē′sĭs, ôk-sē′- ]
n.
Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.
Other words from auxesis
aux•et′ic (ôg-zĕt′ĭk) adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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