OUTGROWTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outgrowth mean? 

• OUTGROWTH (noun)
  The noun OUTGROWTH has 3 senses:

1. a natural consequence of development

2. the gradual beginning or coming forth

3. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

  Familiarity information: OUTGROWTH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTGROWTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural consequence of development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth

Hypernyms ("outgrowth" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The gradual beginning or coming forth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

emergence; growth; outgrowth

Context example:

figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece

Hypernyms ("outgrowth" is a kind of...):

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outgrowth"):

rise (a growth in strength or number or importance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

appendage; outgrowth; process

Context example:

a bony process

Hypernyms ("outgrowth" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outgrowth"):

eminence; tubercle; tuberosity (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

epicondyle (a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments)

fimbria (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 vertebra)

spicule; spiculum (small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals)

osteophyte (small abnormal bony outgrowth)

papilla (a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather)

papilla (a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell)

appendix; cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process (a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch)

mastoid; mastoid bone; mastoid process; mastoidal (process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull)

styloid process (extends from the base of the temporal bone)

pterygoid process (two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone)

horn (any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn)

zygomatic process (a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch)

trochanter (one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached)

transverse process (one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs)

odontoid process (a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck)

metaphysis (the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis)

olecranon; 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 extended)

ridge (any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane)

excrescence ((pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body)

papilla ((botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf)

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

condyle (a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone)

horn (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)

crest (a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal)

pseudopod; pseudopodium (temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion)

flagellum (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 organism)

cirrus (a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile)

spine (a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin)

aculea (small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects)

style (a slender bristlelike or tubular process)

villus (a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane)

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

fetlock (projection behind and above a horse's hoof)

tentacle (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 locomotion)

arista (bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies)

acromial process; acromion (the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade)

ala (a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism)

alveolar arch (the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set)

alveolar process; alveolar ridge; gum ridge (a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth)

acrosome (a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg)

caruncle; caruncula (an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds)

coronoid process; processus coronoideus (a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone)

 Context examples 

A special organ of plant in the form of lateral outgrowth from the stem.

(Leaf, Food and Drug Administration)

The research was an outgrowth of basic research that took place at NSF's Central California Current Long-Term Ecological Research site.

(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

The hyperplastic outgrowths of HAN transplants undergo a high rate of malignant transformation proving their risk of undergoing malignant transformation.

(LobuloAlveolar Mouse MIN, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

This allele, which encodes netrin-G1 protein, plays a role in neurite outgrowth.

(NTNG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A secreted growth factor that is mitogenic for endothelial, epithelial, and fibroblast cells but can also induce neurite outgrowth.

(Pleiotrophin, NCI Thesaurus)

It develops as an outgrowth from the third ventricle of the brain.

(Pineal Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

The wild-type allele is involved in the regulation of both vascularization and axonal outgrowth.

(CSPG4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes fibronectin protein, is involved in cellular adhesion, cellular motility, wound healing, neurite outgrowth, and cellular morphology.

(FN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in limb outgrowth and may play a role in brain development.

(CRBN Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclin-dependent kinase 5 activator 1 protein, plays a role in the regulation of neurite outgrowth.

(CDK5R1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)