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S: EmergPubl – http://emergentpublications.com/ECO/about_eco.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 (last access: 3 September 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26824625 (last access: 12 May 2018).

N: 1. 1640s, “unforeseen occurrence,” from French émergence, from emerger, from Latin emergere “rise up” (see emerge). Meaning “an emerging, process of coming forth” is from 1704.

2. Three meanings: I. The act or an instance of emerging. II. Any of various superficial outgrowths of plant tissue usually formed from both epidermis and immediately underlying tissues. III. Penetration of the soil surface by a newly germinated plant.

3. As nouns the difference between “emergence” and “emergency” is that “emergence” is the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance while “emergency” is a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

S: 1. Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=emergence&searchmode=none (last access: 3 September 2014). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergence (last access: 11 May 2024). 3. Wikidiff – https://wikidiff.com/emergency/emergence (last access: 12 May 2018).

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CR: emergency department, emergency aid, medical emergency, rehabilitation.