Meaning of OUTGROWTH
| Pronunciation: | | 'awt`growth
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- [n] a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
- [n] the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
- [n] a natural consequence of development
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| | Synonyms: | | appendage, branch, emergence, growth, offset, offshoot, process |
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| | See Also: | | acromion, acrosome, aculea, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, apophysis, appendix, arista, beginning, body part, caruncle, caruncula, cecal appendage, cirrus, condyle, consequence, coronoid process, crest, effect, eminence, enation, epicondyle, event, excrescence, fetlock, fimbria, flagellum, gum ridge, hair, horn, issue, mastoid, mastoid process, mastoidal, metaphysis, odontoid process, olecranon, olecranon process, osteophyte, outcome, papilla, plant process, processus coronoideus, pseudopod, pseudopodium, pterygoid process, result, ridge, rise, spicule, spiculum, spine, style, styloid process, tail, tentacle, transverse process, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity, upshot, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, villus, zygomatic process | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Out"growth`\, n.
That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an
excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
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| | Related Terms: | | artifact, benign tumor, brainchild, budding, burgeoning, by-product, callosity, callus, cancer, carcinoma, child, coinage, composition, concoction, consequence, consequent, corn, corollary, creation, creature, crowning achievement, cyst, derivation, derivative, development, distillate, distillation, effect, end product, essence, event, eventuality, eventuation, excrescence, extract, fruit, fungosity, fungus, gemmation, germination, growth, handiwork, harvest, intumescence, invention, issue, legacy, logical outcome, malignant growth, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, maturation, metastatic tumor, mintage, mole, morbid growth, neoplasm, nevus, new mintage, nonmalignant tumor, offshoot, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, overgrowth, precipitate, procreation, product, production, proud flesh, pullulation, reproduction, result, resultant, sarcoma, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, side issue, sprouting, tumor, upgrowth, upshot, vegetation, verruca, wart, wen, work |
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