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Auxesis

Auxesis Meaning & Definition
Auxesis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Auxesis?

[n] growth from increase in cell size without cell division

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See Also | development | growing | growth | maturation | ontogenesis | ontogeny

Auxesis In Webster's Dictionary

\Aux*e"sis\, n. [NL., Gr. ? increase, fr. ?, ?, to increase.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

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