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aux⋅e⋅sis

  [awg-zee-sis, awk-see-]
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–noun Biology.
growth, esp. that resulting from an increase in cell size.
Compare merisis.

Origin:
1570–80; < Gk: increase, equiv. to auxē- verbid s. of aúxein to increase + -sis -sis
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Main Entry: aux·e·sis
Pronunciation: og-'zE-s&s, ok-'sE-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural aux·e·ses /-"sEz/
: GROWTH; specifically : increase of cell size without cell division —aux·et·ic /-'zet-ik, -'set-/ adjective
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auxesis aux·e·sis (ôg-zē'sĭs, ôk-sē'-)
n.
Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.

aux·et'ic (ôg-zět'ĭk) adj.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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