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Auxesis logo #10101) Anatomical pathology 2) Development 3) Growing 4) Growth 5) Maturation 6) Ontogenesis 7) Ontogeny 8) Process of cell growth 9) Science event in India 10) Technical festival in India
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Auxesis logo #21000[biology] Auxesis (from the Greek word meaning increase; grow) refers to growth from an increase in cell size rather than an increase in the number of cells. Auxetic growth occurs in certain tissues, such as muscle, of the higher animals as well as in some organisms, such as nematodes, tunicates, and rotifers. In plant physiology, an auxeti...
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Auxesis logo #21000[figure of speech] Auxesis (from αὔξησις `growth, increase`) has multiple meanings. In rhetoric, auxesis is a form of hyperbole that intentionally overstates something or implies that it is greater in significance or size than it really is. Auxesis is the opposite of meiosis. Auxesis may also refer to a sequence of clauses with incr...
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auxesis logo #22641increase in size; hyperbole or augmentation of meaning
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Auxesis logo #21002• (n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
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auxesis logo #20973<cell biology> Growth by increase in cell size rather than by increasing cell numbers. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...
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auxesis logo #21001(awk-se´sis) increase in size of an organism, especially that due to growth of its individual cells rather than increase in their number. adj., auxet´ic., adj.
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Auxesis logo #22385Another term for rhetorical climax. See climax, rhetorical, below.
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auxesis logo #10444Growth by increase in cell size rather than by increasing cell numbers.
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Auxesis logo #20972Aux·e'sis noun [ New Latin , Greek ... increase, from ..., ..., to increase.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
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auxesis logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: awk-sē′sis Definitions: 1. Increase in size, especially as in hypertrophy.
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auxesis logo #20400[n] - growth from increase in cell size without cell division
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Auxesis logo #23196To place words or phrases in a certain order to obtain a climactic effect.
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auxesis logo #20974 noun growth from increase in cell size without cell division
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auxesis logo #21199growth, esp. that resulting from an increase in cell size. Cf. merisis.
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