Definition of growth - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

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"

Noun

a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"

Noun

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

Noun

vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"

Noun

the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

Noun

(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

Noun

something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"

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Synonyms

development emergence growing increase increment maturation ontogenesis ontogeny outgrowth

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More General Terms

beginning biological process botany development evolution flora illness malady object organic process physical object physical process process sickness unwellness vegetation

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More Specific Terms

accession accretion accumulation amelogenesis angiogenesis anthesis apposition auxesis blossoming broadening caenogenesis cainogenesis cenogenesis cohesion cultivation culture cytogenesis cytogeny dentition efflorescence excrescence exostosis florescence flowering foliation fructification gametogenesis germination habit hamartoma inflorescence infructescence ingrowth intussusception juvenescence kainogenesis kenogenesis leafing life cycle masculinisation masculinization morphogenesis multiplication myelinisation myelinization neoplasm neurogenesis odontiasis palingenesis peduncle polyp polypus population growth proliferation psychogenesis psychomotor development psychosexual development pullulation recapitulation relaxation rise rooting sprouting suppression teething teratogenesis tumor tumour vegetation virilisation virilization widening

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