growths

Noun

• (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
• a progression from simpler to more complex forms
• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
• vegetation that has grown
• the gradual beginning or coming forth
• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
• something grown or growing
• plural of growth

Synonyms

development, emergence, growing, growth, increase, increment, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, outgrowth

Antonyms

decrease, decrement, nondevelopment