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out·growth

(out′grōth′)

1. The act or process of growing out.

2. A product of growing out; a projecting part or offshoot: an outgrowth of new shoots on a branch.

3. A result or consequence: Inflation is an outgrowth of war.

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outgrowth

(ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ)

1. a thing growing out of a main body

2. a development, result, or consequence

3. the act of growing out

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

out•growth

(ˈaʊtˌgroʊθ)

n.

1. a natural development or result.

2. an additional, supplementary result.

[1830–40]

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Noun	1.	outgrowth - a natural consequence of development offshoot, branch, offset consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
	2.	outgrowth - the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" emergence, growth beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" rise - a growth in strength or number or importance
	3.	outgrowth - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" appendage, process horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates horn - any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal pseudopod, pseudopodium - temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion flagellum - a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) hair - a filamentous projection or process on an organism cirrus - a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile spine - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin aculea - small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects style - a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style" villus - a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane tail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body fetlock - projection behind and above a horse's hoof tentacle - any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion arista - bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity acromial process, acromion - the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade ala - a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae" alveolar arch - the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge - a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth acrosome - a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg caruncle, caruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds condyle - a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone coronoid process, processus coronoideus - a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone epicondyle - a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments fimbria - thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube) apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra spicule, spiculum - small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals osteophyte - small abnormal bony outgrowth papilla - a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather papilla - a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue" cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, appendix - a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal - process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull styloid process - extends from the base of the temporal bone pterygoid process - two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone tuberosity, eminence, tubercle - a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament zygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch trochanter - one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached transverse process - one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs odontoid process - a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck metaphysis - the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis olecranon, olecranon process - process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended ridge - any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body papilla - (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ

outgrowth

noun

1. product, result, development, fruit, consequence, outcome, legacy, emergence, derivative, spin-off, by-product, end result, offshoot, upshot Her first book is an outgrowth of an art project she began in 1988.

2. offshoot, shoot, branch, limb, projection, sprout, node, outcrop, appendage, scion, protuberance, excrescence a new organism develops as an outgrowth or bud

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

outgrowth

noun

Something derived from another:

byproduct, derivation, derivative, descendant, offshoot, spinoff.

Translations

απόφυση

excroissance

protuberanza

outgrowth

[ˈaʊtˌgrəʊθ] N → excrecencia f (fig) → extensión f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

outgrowth

[ˈaʊtgrəʊθ] n (= development) → prolongement m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

outgrowth

n (= offshoot) → Auswuchs m; (fig) → Folge f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

outgrowth

[ˈaʊtˌgrəʊθ] n → sviluppo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

outgrowth

n. excrecencia, bulto.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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