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Growth

Introduction: Growth

Description of Growth

Growth: The increase in size of a living being or any of its parts occurring in the process of development.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Growth: Gradual increase in the number, the size, and the complexity of cells of an individual. Growth generally results in increase in ORGAN WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; and BODY HEIGHT.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Growth

The following list attempts to classify Growth into categories where each line is subset of the next.

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