Growth

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NOUN

growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically

a progression from simpler to more complex forms

increase, increment

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

vegetation that has grown

emergence, outgrowth

the gradual beginning or coming forth

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

something grown or growing

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