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growth

  [grohth]
–noun
1. the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
2. size or stage of development: It hasn't yet reached its full growth.
3. completed development.
4. development from a simpler to a more complex stage: the growth of ritual forms.
5. development from another but related form or stage: the growth of the nation state.
6. something that has grown or developed by or as if by a natural process: a growth of stubborn weeds.
7. Pathology. an abnormal increase in a mass of tissue, as a tumor.
8. origin; source; production: onions of English growth.
–adjective
9. of or denoting a business, industry, or equity security that grows or is expected to grow in value over a long period of time: a growth industry; a growth stock.
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Origin:
1550–60; see grow, -th 1 ; prob. c. ON grōthr

Synonyms:
1. augmentation, expansion. 6. result, outgrowth. 7. excrescence.

Antonyms:
1. decline, decrease.
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growth   (grōth)   
n.  

    1. The process of growing.

    2. Full development; maturity.

  2. Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.

  3. An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion: population growth.

  4. Something that grows or has grown: a new growth of grass.

  5. Pathology An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on a living organism.

  6. A result of growth; a product: concerns that are a growth of the new responsibilities.

adj.  Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns: a growth stock; a growth fund.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: growth
Pronunciation: 'grOth
Function: noun
1 a (1) : a stage in the process of growing (2) : full growth b : the process of growing
2 a : something that grows or has grown b : an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as a tumor)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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growth (grōth)
n.

  1. The process of growing.

  2. Full development; maturity.

  3. An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength.

  4. Something that grows or has grown.

  5. An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on an organism.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Science Dictionary
growth   (grōth)  Pronunciation Key 
An increase in the size of an organism or part of an organism, usually as a result of an increase in the number of cells. Growth of an organism may stop at maturity, as in the case of humans and other mammals, or it may continue throughout life, as in many plants. In humans, certain body parts, like hair and nails, continue to grow throughout life.
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Encyclopedia

growth

the increases in cell size and number that take place during the life history of an organism.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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