noun
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
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- 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
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a progression from simpler to more complex forms
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- the growth of culture
noun
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
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- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
noun
vegetation that has grown
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- a growth of trees
- the only growth was some salt grass
noun
the gradual beginning or coming forth
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- figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
noun
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
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something grown or growing
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- a growth of hair