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con⋅cres⋅cence

  [kon-kres-uhns]
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–noun Biology.
a growing together, as of tissue or embryonic parts; coalescence.
Origin:
1600–10; < L concrēscentia, equiv. to concrēscent- (s. of concrēscēns, prp. of concrēscere to harden, set; see con-, crescent ) + -ia -ia; see -ence

Related forms:
con⋅cres⋅cent, adjective
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con·cres·cence   (kən-krěs'əns)   
n.  

  1. Biology The growing together of related parts, tissues, or cells.

  2. The amassing of physical particles.


[Latin concrēscentia, from concrēscēns, concrēscent-, present participle of concrēscere, to grow together; see concrete.]
con·cres'cent adj.
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Main Entry: con·cres·cence
Pronunciation: k&n-'kres-&n(t)s, kän-
Function: noun
: a growing together : COALESCENCE; especially : convergence and fusion of the lateral lips of the blastopore to form the primordiumof an embryo
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concrescence con·cres·cence (kən-krěs'əns)
n.
The growing together of separate parts. Also called coalescence.

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