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heterauxesis
heterauxesis n. 
/ˌhɛdərɑkˈsisᵻs/ [Greek αὔξησις growth] (a) Botany growth at unequal rates, irregular or unsymmetrical growth; (b) hence applied to animals as well as plants, with a more specialized meaning (see quot. 1941).
Brit. /ˌhɛtərɔːkˈsiːsɪs/
, /ˌhɛtərɔːkˈsiːsɪs/U.S. /ˌhɛdərɔkˈsisᵻs/
, /ˌhɛdərɔkˈsisᵻs//ˌhɛdərɑkˈsisᵻs/ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun] > irregular growth
hyponasty1875
epinasty1880
heterauxesis1886
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > rates of growth
heterauxesis1886
heterogony1927
growth-gradient1929
isogony1932
allometry1936
isometry1950
1886 S. H. Vines Lect. Physiol. Plants xvi. 376 Spontaneous variations in the relative rate of growth of opposite sides of the organ, or to express it in a single word..spontaneous heterauxesis.
1940 Needham & Lerner in Nature 9 Nov. 618/1 We welcome a suggestion..by Dr. Arthur L. Peck..that for relative growth, in contradistinction to relative proportions, the word heterauxesis should be used... It is true that the terms auxesis, heterauxesis,..etc., were formerly employed in plant physiology, but they have long been obsolete there.
1941 Nature 23 Aug. 225/1 Heterauxesis, the relation of the growth-rate of a part of a developing organism (whether morphological or chemical) to the growth-rate of the whole or of another part; a comparison between organisms of the same group but of different ages and hence sizes.
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