concrescence

[ kon-kres-uhns ]

noun

, Biology.

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

concrescence

/ kənˈkrɛsəns /

noun

1. biology a growing together of initially separate parts or organs

Derived Forms

• conˈcrescent, adjective

Other Words From

• con·crescent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of concrescence¹

1600–10; < Latin concrēscentia, equivalent to concrēscent- (stem of concrēscēns, present participle of concrēscere to harden, set; con-, crescent ) + -ia -ia; -ence

Word History and Origins

Origin of concrescence¹

C17: from Latin concrēscentia, from concrēscere to grow together, from crēscere to grow; see crescent

Example Sentences

“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.”

From Literature

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.”

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg