1. SYN: coalescence. 2. In dentistry, the union of the roots of two adjacent teeth by cementum. [see concrement]
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con·cres·cence kən-'kres-ən(t)s, kän- n a growing together: COALESCENCE esp convergence and fusion of the lateral lips of the blastopore to form the primordium of an embryo
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con·cres·cence (kən-kresґəns) [con- + L. crescere to grow] 1. a growing together; a union of parts originally separate. 2. in embryology, the flowing together and piling up of cells. 3. in dentistry, the union of the roots of two approximating teeth by a deposit of cementum.
Concrescence in an area of cemental repair previously damaged by a periapical inflammatory lesion. Clinical specimen (A) and radiograph (B) show union by cementum of the maxillary second and third molars, with a large carious defect of the second molar.
Medical dictionary. 2011.