ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: out (III) + growth
1. : the process of growing out
the effects of added sugars on the outgrowth of chick heart fibroblasts — Biological Abstracts
2. : something that grows directly out of something else : offshoot
an outgrowth of hair
a deformed outgrowth
3. : something that results from something else : consequence
crime is sometimes an outgrowth of poverty
the new program is an outgrowth of cooperation among the colleges of the area