outgrowth
noun
out·growth
ˈau̇t-ˌgrōth 
1
: a process or product of growing out
an outgrowth of hair
2
: consequence, by-product
crime is often an outgrowth of poverty
Examples of outgrowth in a Sentence
trimmed back some of the tree's outgrowths so they wouldn't interfere with the power lines
a predictable outgrowth of the suburb's ever growing population will be the need for more schools
Recent Examples on the Web
The business of cloning is an outgrowth of the discovery of genomic equivalence, the fact that the DNA sequence is identical in all the cell types of our body.
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Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
That could manifest itself as a restaurant being the outgrowth of the place it was rooted in, like Noma or Faviken.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 June 2024
Further Reading Apple removes the first iOS Game Boy emulator released under new App Store rules
Delta is an outgrowth of developer Riley Testut's earlier sideloadable GBA4iOS project, which recently had its own unauthorized clone removed from the App Store.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
Coppola’s film is disorienting and disturbing, using Vietnam to capture the insanity of all war and drawing on Conrad to suggest that war might just be an outgrowth of an awfulness at the core of humanity itself.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
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Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
That could manifest itself as a restaurant being the outgrowth of the place it was rooted in, like Noma or Faviken.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 June 2024
Further Reading Apple removes the first iOS Game Boy emulator released under new App Store rules
Delta is an outgrowth of developer Riley Testut's earlier sideloadable GBA4iOS project, which recently had its own unauthorized clone removed from the App Store.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
Coppola’s film is disorienting and disturbing, using Vietnam to capture the insanity of all war and drawing on Conrad to suggest that war might just be an outgrowth of an awfulness at the core of humanity itself.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
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“Outgrowth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outgrowth. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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outgrowth
noun
out·growth
ˈau̇t-ˌgrōth
1
: something that grows out of or develops from something else
Medical Definition
outgrowth
noun
out·growth
ˈau̇t-ˌgrōth
1
: the process of growing out
in vitro, dopamine modifies axonal and dendritic outgrowth—Linda C. Mayes
Linda C. Mayes2
: something that grows directly out of something else
an outgrowth of hair
a bony outgrowth
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