"merisis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: merises [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “part”) + -sis (forming nouns of action or progress) Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|μερίς|t=part}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “part”), {{af|en|-sis|pos1=forming nouns of action or progress}} -sis (forming nouns of action or progress) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|merises}} merisis (countable and uncountable, plural merises)
  1. (biology) Any form of growth; specifically, growth by increase in number of cells. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Derived forms: meristic
    Sense id: en-merisis-en-noun-fKkigTnR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sis Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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