Meaning : (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.
Example :
He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children.
Synonyms : development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
Failure of normal development to occur.
nondevelopmentMeaning : A progression from simpler to more complex forms.
Example :
The growth of culture.
Meaning : Vegetation that has grown.
Example :
A growth of trees.
The only growth was some salt grass.
Meaning : (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor).
Meaning : Something grown or growing.
Example :
A growth of hair.