— concrescent , adj.
/kon kres"euhns/ , n. Biol.
a growing together, as of tissue or embryonic parts; coalescence.
[ 1600-10; concrescentia, equiv. to concrescent- (s. of concrescens, prp. of concrescere to harden, set; see CON-, CRESCENT) + -ia -IA; see -ENCE ]