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| 1. | [ noun ] (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | |
| Synonyms: | development growing maturation ontogenesis ontogeny | |
| Examples: | "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
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| Related terms: | nondevelopment organic_process proliferation rooting blossoming culture cohesion fructification auxesis cenogenesis gametogenesis germination spermatogenesis intussusception infructescence suppression amelogenesis life_cycle foliation angiogenesis apposition juvenescence psychomotor_development morphogenesis myelinisation neurogenesis psychosexual_development masculinization dentition teratogenesis oogenesis cytogenesis palingenesis vegetation gastrulation isometry biology grow grow mature age | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a progression from simpler to more complex forms | |
| Examples: | "the growth of culture" |
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| Related terms: | development mature | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) vegetation that has grown | |
| Examples: | "a growth of trees" "the only growth was some salt grass" |
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| Related terms: | vegetation grow | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a process of becoming larger or more numerous or more important | |
| Synonyms: | increase increment | |
| Examples: | "the increase in unemployment" "the growth of population" |
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| Related terms: | decrease decrease process accretion pullulation accretion accretion accretion proliferation widening relaxation population_growth accession multiplication increase grow | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the gradual beginning or coming forth | |
| Synonyms: | emergence outgrowth | |
| Examples: | "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" |
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| Related terms: | beginning rise originate | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) | |
| Related terms: | illness tumor polyp peduncle excrescence exostosis hamartoma pathology | |
| 7. | [ noun ] something grown or growing | |
| Examples: | "a growth of hair" |
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| Related terms: | object ingrowth | |
| Similar spelling: |
Groth griot Grothe grot grit Grout Groat greet great Grado |
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