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upgrowth

[ uhp-grohth ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the process of growing up; development:
the upgrowth of nuclear science.
something that grows or has grown in an upward direction:
Part of the pituitary gland is an upgrowth of the roof of the mouth.

upgrowth

/ ˈʌpˌɡrəʊθ /

First recorded in 1835–45; up- + growth

But Cecil and his mistress could watch the upgrowth of national wealth with cooler eyes.

Each also sends ventralwards a plate which meets an upgrowth from the pterygoid and acts as an alisphenoid.

It shows us primitive or primeval man, the dawn of civilization, the daybreak of religion, the upgrowth of national life.

This layer is not however derived from an upgrowth of the mesoblast of the somites, but from cells which originate in the yolk.

The glory of Crcy or Poitiers was dearly bought by the upgrowth of English pauperism.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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