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auxesis Definition


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auxesis
noun
    1. biol.
      Growth in plant or animal tissue that results from an increase in cell size as opposed to an increase in cell number.
Etymology: 19c; 16c, meaning ‘gradual increase of intensity of meaning': Greek, from auxein to grow.



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