Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Regrowth; specifically, the regeneration or replacement of lost parts by an organism.

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Examples

  • The annual shedding and recrescence of the antler, however, is only to be understood in connexion with the effect of the testicular hormone.

    Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897

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