[ kən'krɛs(ə)ns ]
■ noun Biology the coalescence or growing together of separate parts.
Derivatives
concrescent adjective
Origin
C17: from con- + -crescence , on the pattern of words such as excrescence .
[ kən'krɛs(ə)ns ]
■ noun Biology the coalescence or growing together of separate parts.
Derivatives
concrescent adjective
Origin
C17: from con- + -crescence , on the pattern of words such as excrescence .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004