auxesis

Dictionary: aux·e·sis (ôg-zē'sĭs, ôk-sē'-) pronunciation

Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.

[Greek auxēsis, growth, from auxanein, auxē-, to grow.]

auxetic aux·et'ic (ôg-zĕt'ĭk) adj.
auxetically aux·et'i·cal·ly adv.

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auxesis, a figure of speech that lists a series of things in ascending order of importance, as in this line from Shakespeare's Richard II:

O'erthrows thy joys, friends, fortune, and thy state

See also climax.

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Increase in size of an organism, especially that due to growth of its individual cells rather than increase in their number.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Growth from increase in cell size without cell division.

Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

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