Organism Function
growth Audio
growth [ grohth ]
Subclass of:
Growth and Development function
Definitions related to growth:
  • Gradual increase in the number, the size, and the complexity of cells of an individual. Growth generally results in increase in ORGAN WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; and BODY HEIGHT.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The increase in size or mass of an entire organism, a part of an organism or a cell.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • (generalized growth) Processes that promote either specific or nonspecific formation of additional tissue mass, typically by cell proliferation.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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