(ăp″ō-zĭ′shŭn)
[Pronunciation]
[L. ad, toward, + ponere, to place]
1. Condition of being positioned side by side or fitted together.
SYN: contiguity
2. Addition of one substance to another, as one layer of tissue upon another.
3. Development by means of accretion, as in the formation of bone or dental cementum.
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