auxesis (redirected from auxetically)

aux·e·sis  (ôg-zss, ôk-s-)

n.

Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.

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[Greek auxsis, growth, from auxanein, aux-, to grow; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]

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aux·etic (ôg-ztk) adj.

aux·eti·cal·ly adv.

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auxesis [ɔːgˈziːsɪs ɔːkˈsiː-]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) growth in animal or plant tissues resulting from an increase in cell size without cell division

[via Latin from Greek: increase, from auxein to increase, grow]

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auxesis

growth, especially owing to an increase in cell size. Cf. merisis. — auxetic, adj.

See also: Biology

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growth, especially owing to an increase in cell size. Cf. merisis. — auxetic, adj.

See also: Cells

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growth, especially owing to an increase in cell size. Cf. merisis. — auxetic, adj.

See also: Growth

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Noun

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auxesis - growth from increase in cell size without cell division growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"