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What does concrescence mean?

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Noun
  1. the growing together and merging of like or unlike separate parts or particles
  2. (art) the juxtapositioning of dissimilar forms or devices that are harmonized at their point of intersection into hybrid transitional shapes or designs. Any emphasis or modification of these transitional forms that are used in the creation of designs and new forms
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Thus, there is no mechanism of ontogenetic developmental concrescence, just differentiation.
The Cephalopoda are mainly characterized by the concrescence of the foot and head.
During later stages of development, the entire ovary wall of typical flowers is formed by the concrescence of the walls of adjacent carpels.
True concrescence occurs when this union is during tooth development and may result from a lack of space or dislocation of tooth germs.
Clearly, it is extremely difficult to reconcile whether phylogenetic differentiation or concrescence is responsible for a decrease in the number of skeletal elements.
Phylogenetic patterns of concrescence and differentiation are similarly achieved through ontogenetic developmental differentiation, or a lack thereof.

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