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Definition of upgrowth - 2 dictionary results

up⋅growth

[uhp-grohth]
–noun
1. the process of growing up; development: the upgrowth of nuclear science.
2. something that grows or has grown in an upward direction: Part of the pituitary gland is an upgrowth of the roof of the mouth.

Origin:
1835–45; up- + growth
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up·growth   (ŭp'grōth')   
n.  
  1. The process of growing upward.

  2. Upward development.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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