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Polish
Etymology
From wyrost + -ek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɘˈrɔs.tɛk/
- Rhymes: -ɔstɛk
- Syllabification: wy‧ros‧tek
Noun
wyrostek m pers
- youngster, stripling, sapling (male adolescent)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis
Declension
Noun
wyrostek m inan
- outgrowth (anything that grows out of something else)
- (colloquial) appendix (vermiform appendix)
- (anatomy) process (projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body)
- wyrostek kolczysty ― spinous process
- wyrostek mieczykowaty ― xiphoid process
- wyrostek rzęskowy ― ciliary process
- wyrostek sutkowy ― mastoid process
- wyrostek zębodołowy ― alveolar process
- (forestry) seedling, sapling (young tree)
Declension
Further reading
- wyrostek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wyrostek in Polish dictionaries at PWN