#auxano

• Auxano- — An initial scientific combining form (prefixoid) originating from the Greek language (auxanein / auxano), utilized in the international and neologic vocabulary to construct words signifying growth, enlargement, progressive development, or biological and technological stimulation.
• Auxanograph — A technical apparatus or instrument for the automatic and continuous recording, on a chart or digital media, of the growth curve of plants or microorganism cultures over time; a combined device that measures and graphically plots organic dimensional variations.
• Auxanogram — The graphic, diagrammatic result or microbiological culture obtained from an auxanogram test; an experimental method used to determine the nutritional capacity and identity of certain microorganisms (especially yeasts or fungi) by testing their growth on nutrient-deficient media to which specific carbon or nitrogen sources are added locally.
• Auxology — An interdisciplinary branch of biology and medicine (particularly pediatrics and anthropology) that deals with the complex scientific study of the processes of growth, physical development, and maturation of the human organism or other living organisms, analyzing genetic, environmental, and endocrine factors.
• Auxanometer — A laboratory instrument or apparatus used for the precise measurement and dynamic tracking of the elongation rate of a plant's stem or organs, operating through the mechanical, optical, or digital amplification of the micrometric movements of growing plant tissues.
• Auxology — An interdisciplinary science that studies the processes of growth, somatic development, and physical maturation of living organisms, particularly of the human being; a field closely linked to pediatrics and endocrinology, analyzing genetic, neuroendocrine, and environmental factors influencing body dynamics from birth to adulthood.
• Auxometry — A scientific method, technique, or set of procedures used for the measurement, calculation, and statistical analysis of the growth rate in size and volume of living organisms, particularly human somatic development indices.