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aux·e·sis

 (ôg-zē′sĭs, ôk-sē′-)
n.
Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.
[Greek auxēsis, growth, from auxanein, auxē-, to grow; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]
aux·et′ic (ôg-zĕt′ĭk) adj.
aux·et′i·cal·ly adv.
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auxetic

(ɔːkˈsɛtɪk)
n
something that promotes auxesis
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Adj.1.auxetic - of or relating to growth by auxesis
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auxétique
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Alderson, "Auxetics and other systems of 'negative' characteristics," Physica Status Solidi (b) Basic Research, vol.
Materials with negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) are called auxetic materials [4-7].
Biodegradable polymer scaffolds are widely used in tissue engineering, but there are few reports on auxetic biodegradable scaffolds [28, 29].
Auxetic scaffold specimens were prepared by a volumetric restriction method.
For all groups, prepared auxetic scaffolds were employed and the seeded cell density was 2.2 x [10.sup.5] cells/80 [micro]L.
MG-63 Cell Proliferation with Static or Dynamic Compressive Stimulation on an Auxetic PLGA Scaffold
Auxetics are materials with a negative Poisson's ratio.
US Patent 8,277,719 (October 2, 2012), "Process for the Preparation of Auxetic Foams," Andrew Alderson, Kim Lesley Alderson, Philip John Davies, and Gillian Mary Smart (Auxetic Technologies Ltd., Great Britain).
Auxetic foams

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