outgrowth Definition
out·growth (o̵ut′grōt̸h′)
noun
- the act of growing out
- a result; consequence; development
- that which grows out; offshoot
outgrowth Synonyms
outgrowth Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- project: The meeting was a logical outgrowth of the project.
- brain: The retina is an outgrowth of the brain, but it suffers from disease in a quite different manner to other neural tissues.
- career: Hobsons global gateway to education and careers Hobsons is an outgrowth of the Careers Research and Advice Center ( CRAC ).
- effort: Indeed, many see developments in special education as the logical outgrowth of civil rights efforts of an earlier period.
- cell: The usual outcome of infection is the formation of a benign outgrowth of cells, a wart or papilloma.
Preposition: from
cell: Root hairs are long, thin, straight outgrowths from single cells on the surface of plant roots.
Converse of object
- cause: The inflammation can cause a small outgrowth known as a polyp, which is a benign tumor that grows inside the colon.
- promote: The GTPases Rac and Cdc42 promote outgrowth of neurites while Rho promotes their retraction, by switching on the kinases PAK and ROK respectively.
- increase: MyoganeTM also increases neurite outgrowth, reverses oxidative damage and reverses neuronal apoptosis in vitro.
- produce: Between frames 4 and 5 the speed of VSC movement was increased 4-fold to produce a cell outgrowth.
- form: The surrounding bone reacts by growing thicker, forming bony outgrowths which can cause inflammation in the surrounding tissues.
Adjective modifier
- bony: The surrounding bone reacts by growing thicker, forming bony outgrowths which can cause inflammation in the surrounding tissues.
- logical: The meeting was a logical outgrowth of the project.
- natural: The, WTO did not create these flaws; it is a natural outgrowth of them.
- small: Filling the central cavity is a yellowish aromatic pulp, surrounding numerous hard black seeds attached to small peg-like outgrowths on the fruit wall.
- leaf-like: In addition, affected plants may develop leaf-like outgrowths from the veins on the undersides of leaves.
- direct: The theory of modeling is a direct outgrowth of this organization concept.
Noun used with modifier
- neurite: We are also attempting to enhance neurite outgrowth in adult neurons by genetic manipulation.
- cell: Respiratory cell outgrowths from nasal polyps can be considered a suitable model to study gene transfer protocols in vitro.
- fibroblast: The healing response as demonstrated by fibroblast outgrowth is retarded when compared with conventional conjunctival closure.
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