concrescence means the growing together and merging of similar or dissimilar parts. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Why “concrescence” is a great word
CONCRESCENCE — [Noun] The process by which separate parts or structures grow together into a unified, integral whole. From the Latin concrēscentia, from concrēscere ('to grow together'), from con- ('together') and crēscere ('to grow'); first attested in English in the early 17th century. Unlike 'coalescence,' which suggests a gentle merging of like into like, or 'fusion,' a broad term for blending often through melting, concrescence specifies an organic, often irrevocable, knitting together of distinct entities. It is the stubborn, fibrous union of a broken bone; the seamless, silent accretion of a pearl around its grain of grit; and the cellular pact that transforms two separate lives into one shared placenta. In each act of joining, a quiet argument against separation is written in the flesh.
Etymology
From Latin concrescentia.
noun
- The growing together and merging of similar or dissimilar parts.
- A growing together of cells or other organisms.
- The juxtaposing of dissimilar forms or devices that are harmonized at their point of intersection into hybrid transitional shapes or designs.
- Increment.