| 1. | dull, quasi-rheumatic pains of varying degree in the limbs during childhood and adolescence, often popularly associated with the process of growing. |
| 2. | emotional difficulties experienced during adolescence and preadulthood. |
| 3. | difficulties attending any new project or any rapid development of an existing project: a city plagued with growing pains. |
growing pains pl.n.
Pains in the limbs and joints of children or adolescents, frequently occurring at night and often attributed to rapid growth but arising from various unrelated causes.