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Definition of Growth
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. "He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
Specialized synonyms: Culture, Amelogenesis, Angiogenesis, Apposition, Auxesis, Anthesis, Blossoming, Efflorescence, Florescence, Flowering, Inflorescence, Caenogenesis, Cainogenesis, Cenogenesis, Kainogenesis, Kenogenesis, Cohesion, Cultivation, Cytogenesis, Cytogeny, Foliation, Leafing, Fructification, Gametogenesis, Germination, Sprouting, Habit, Infructescence, Intussusception, Juvenescence, Life Cycle, Masculinisation, Masculinization, Virilisation, Virilization, Morphogenesis, Myelinisation, Myelinization, Neurogenesis, Palingenesis, Recapitulation, Proliferation, Psychogenesis, Psychogenesis, Psychomotor Development, Psychosexual Development, Rooting, Suppression, Dentition, Odontiasis, Teething, Teratogenesis, Vegetation
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Terms within: Gastrulation
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Examples of category: Isometry
Derivative terms: Develop, Develop, Developmental, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Grow, Maturate, Maturational, Mature, Ontogenetic, Ontogenetic
Antonyms: Nondevelopment
2. Noun. A progression from simpler to more complex forms. "The growth of culture"
3. Noun. A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. "The growth of population"
Generic synonyms: Physical Process, Process
Specialized synonyms: Accession, Accretion, Accumulation, Accretion, Accretion, Accretion, Multiplication, Population Growth, Proliferation, Pullulation, Relaxation, Broadening, Widening
Derivative terms: Grow, Increase, Increase, Incremental
Antonyms: Decrease, Decrement
4. Noun. Vegetation that has grown. "The only growth was some salt grass"
5. Noun. The gradual beginning or coming forth. "Figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
Generic synonyms: Beginning
Specialized synonyms: Rise
Derivative terms: Emerge, Grow, Grow
6. Noun. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor).
Category relationships: Pathology
Generic synonyms: Illness, Malady, Sickness, Unwellness
7. Noun. Something grown or growing. "A growth of hair"
Definition of Growth
1. n. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.
Definition of Growth
1. Noun. an increase in size, number, value, or strength ¹
2. Noun. (biology) the act of growing, getting bigger or higher ¹
3. Noun. (biology) something that grows or has grown ¹
4. Noun. (pathology) an abnormal mass such as a tumor ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Growth
1. development [n -S] - See also: development
Medical Definition of Growth
1. 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. 2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. "Nature multiplies her fertile growth." (Milton) Origin: Icel. Gror, gri. See Grow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Growth
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