thickenings in English

noun
1
the process or result of becoming broader, deeper, or denser.
It is believed that babies who develop the condition are not born with pyloric stenosis, but that the progressive thickening of the pylorus occurs after birth.
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1. Cuticular thickenings were also observed on the abaxial surfaces of sepals, petals, and stamens, but not on the gynoecium.

2. Malformations of the acrosome in contact with the nucleus of the spermatid: Vesicular inclusions in the acrosome vesicle, asymmetric thickenings of the acrosome cap, enfolding of the acrosomal lamina into the spermatid's nucleus, partial separation of the acrosome from the nucleus, apical knob-like thickenings of the acrosome.

3. In all species of dicotyledons examined so far, flower and leaf abscission zones possessed heterogenous metaxylem vessels adjoining protoxylem and secondary xylem vessels with homogenous patterns of lignified thickenings.