concrescence

American  

[kon-kres-uhns] / kɒnˈkrɛs əns /

noun

Biology.

1. a growing together, as of tissue or embryonic parts; coalescence.

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concrescence British  

/ kənˈkrɛsəns /

noun

1. biology a growing together of initially separate parts or organs

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Other Word Forms

• concrescent adjective

Etymology

Origin of concrescence

1600–10; < Latin concrēscentia, equivalent to concrēscent- (stem of concrēscēns, present participle of concrēscere to harden, set; con-, crescent ) + -ia -ia; -ence

Example Sentences

He lugs the “great concrescence of blooms” into the restaurant, where a concerned man says to him, “You look like you’ve been in a fight with some squirrels or something.”

From New York Times

Concrescence, kon-kres′ens, n. increment: a growing together of cells or other organisms.

From Project Gutenberg

The ctenidium is atrophied, and the edge of the mantle-skirt is fused to the dorsal integument by concrescence, except at one point which forms the aperture of the mantle-chamber, thus converted into a nearly closed sac.

From Project Gutenberg

In the embryos of higher Vertebrates it closes in the centre, the point of concrescence forming the tympanic membrane.

From Project Gutenberg

The concrescence of these pores can be traced in other cystids; but as the genital organs became affected by radial symmetry the original function of the duct was lost, and the reproductive elements escaped to the exterior in another way.

From Project Gutenberg