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concrescence

[ kon-kres-uhns ]

noun

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


concrescence

/ əˈɛəԲ /

noun

  1. biology a growing together of initially separate parts or organs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈԳ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·cԳ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of concrescence1

1600–10; < Latin DzԳŧԳپ, equivalent to DzԳŧԳ- (stem of DzԳŧŧԲ, present participle of DzԳŧ to harden, set; con-, crescent ) + -ia -ia; -ence
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of concrescence1

C17: from Latin DzԳŧԳپ, from DzԳŧ to grow together, from ŧ to grow; see crescent
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“The King of the Gods is the actual entity in virtue of which the entire multiplicity of eternal objects obtains its graded relevance to each stage of concrescence. Apart from Him, there can be no relevant novelty.”

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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.”

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

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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.

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

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