outgrowth
Americannoun
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a natural development, product, or result.
to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
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an additional, supplementary result.
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a growing out or forth.
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something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence.
noun
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a thing growing out of a main body
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a development, result, or consequence
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the act of growing out
Etymology
Origin of outgrowth
Example Sentences
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Their research supports the idea that all of the ruminant headgear forms evolved from a common ancestor as paired bony outgrowths from the animals' "forehead," the area near the frontal bones of the skull.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2024
Like the armor of modern crocodiles, these bony outgrowths were likely encased in keratin, protecting continually growing bone underneath.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022
An X-ray can help confirm osteoarthritis by documenting bony outgrowths and/or narrowing of the joint space.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2016
Locking.—A joint is said to lock when its movements are abruptly arrested by the coming together of bony outgrowths around the joint.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The nasal passages are partially blocked by foliated bony outgrowths, from the inner aspect of their walls, which in life are covered with mucous membrane, and increase the surface sensitive to smell.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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