agonescence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A halting of the growth of a colony of cells.

Word forms

agonescence

Etymology

Coined by Thea D. Tlsty et al. in a 2001 paper. Explained as Latin agōn (“contest”) + -escence.

Related words

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