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concrescence definition

con·cres·cence (kən kres′əns)

noun

Biol. a growing together of parts or cells, as of the lips of the blastopore of the embryo during gastrulation

Etymology: L concrescentia < concrescere, to grow together < com-, together + crescere, to grow: see crescent

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