concrescence

 
Pronunciation: /kənˈkrɛs(ə)ns/

noun

[mass noun] Biology
  • the coalescence or growing together of parts originally separate.

Derivatives

concrescent

adjective

Origin:

early 17th century (in the senses 'growth by assimilation' and 'a concretion'): from con- 'together' + -crescence, on the pattern of words such as excrescence. The current sense dates from the late 19th century