| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| auxesis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | aux·e·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ôg-z  s s, ôk-s- |
| NOUN: | Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek auxsis, growth, from auxanein, aux-, to grow. See aug- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | aux·etic (ôg-z tk) —ADJECTIVE
aux·eti·cal·ly —ADVERB
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