outgrowth

out·growth

O0159800 (out′grōth′)n.1. The act or process of growing out.2. A product of growing out; a projecting part or offshoot: an outgrowth of new shoots on a branch.3. A result or consequence: Inflation is an outgrowth of war.

outgrowth

(ˈaʊtˌɡrəʊθ) n1. a thing growing out of a main body2. a development, result, or consequence3. the act of growing out

out•growth

(ˈaʊtˌgroʊθ)

n. 1. a natural development or result. 2. an additional, supplementary result. [1830–40]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	outgrowth - a natural consequence of developmentoffshoot, branch, offsetconsequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
	2.	outgrowth - the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"emergence, growthbeginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"rise - a growth in strength or number or importance
	3.	outgrowth - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"appendage, processhorn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulateshorn - any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horncrest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animalpseudopod, pseudopodium - temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotionflagellum - a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)hair - a filamentous projection or process on an organismcirrus - a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactilespine - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish finaculea - small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insectsstyle - a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"villus - a minute hairlike projection on mucous membranetail - the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the bodyfetlock - projection behind and above a horse's hooftentacle - any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotionarista - bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain fliesbody part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremityacromial process, acromion - the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder bladeala - a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"alveolar arch - the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are setalveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge - a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teethacrosome - a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the eggcaruncle, caruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seedscondyle - a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bonecoronoid process, processus coronoideus - a sharp triangular process projecting from a boneepicondyle - a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligamentsfimbria - thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebraspicule, spiculum - small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and coralsosteophyte - small abnormal bony outgrowthpapilla - a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or featherpapilla - a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue"cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, appendix - a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouchmastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal - process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skullstyloid process - extends from the base of the temporal bonepterygoid process - two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bonetuberosity, eminence, tubercle - a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligamentzygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic archtrochanter - one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attachedtransverse process - one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribsodontoid process - a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neckmetaphysis - the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysisolecranon, olecranon process - process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extendedridge - any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membraneexcrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the bodypapilla - (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leafplant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ

outgrowth

noun1. product, result, development, fruit, consequence, outcome, legacy, emergence, derivative, spin-off, by-product, end result, offshoot, upshot Her first book is an outgrowth of an art project she began in 1988.2. offshoot, shoot, branch, limb, projection, sprout, node, outcrop, appendage, scion, protuberance, excrescence a new organism develops as an outgrowth or bud

outgrowth

nounSomething derived from another:byproduct, derivation, derivative, descendant, offshoot, spinoff.

Translations

απόφυσηexcroissanceprotuberanza