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auxesis
[ awg-zee-sis, awk-see- ]
noun
, Biology.
- growth, especially that resulting from an increase in cell size.
auxesis
/ ɔːɡˈziːsɪs; ɔːkˈsiː- /
noun
- growth in animal or plant tissues resulting from an increase in cell size without cell division
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Word History and Origins
Origin of auxesis1
C16: via Latin from Greek: increase, from auxein to increase, grow
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