growths

1. (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 levelExamples: "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"Synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogenyAntonyms: nondevelopment

2. a progression from simpler to more complex formsExamples: "the growth of culture"Synonyms: growth

3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more importantExamples: "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"Synonyms: growth, increase, incrementAntonyms: decrease, decrement

4. vegetation that has grownExamples: "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"Synonyms: growth

5. the gradual beginning or coming forthExamples: "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"Synonyms: emergence, growth, outgrowth

6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)Synonyms: growth