Growths synonyms

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increments
The amount of increase.
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increases
The act of increasing:
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ontogeneses
The arising or development of an individual organism.
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ontogenies
The development of an individual organism.
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developments
(Uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
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outgrowths
A result; consequence; development
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emergences
In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
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enlargements
(Figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
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tumors
(Oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
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swellings
An increasing or being increased in size, volume, etc.
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swells
(Music) A gradual increase in volume (crescendo), usually followed by a gradual decrease (decrescendo)
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surges
A sudden, transient increase or oscillation in electric current or voltage.
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rises
An increase in
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prosperities
Prosperity is the state of being wealthy, or having a rich and full life.
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progresses
Development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal:
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parasites
A professional dinner guest, especially in ancient Greece.
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overgrowths
An excessive growth or increase in numbers.
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lumps
The definition of a lump is a mass of stuff with no definite shape, a swelling underneath the skin or to a person who is dull-witted.
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extensions
The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
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expansions
A development or full treatment, as of a topic
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evolutions
The historical development of a related group of organisms; phylogeny.
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cultivations
The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture
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cancers
The definition of cancer is a disease with tumors or other uncontrolled growths that damage the body, or anything harmful that spreads.
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augmentations
(Medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
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advancements
Development; progress:
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accretions
Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion.
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buttons
Any of various objects resembling a button, especially:
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fungi
Any of numerous spore-producing eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, smuts, rusts, mushrooms, and many molds, excluding the slime molds and the water molds.
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moles
Some moles that appear after the age of twenty could be a sign of skin cancer.
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masses
A lump or aggregate of coherent material:
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completions
The definition of completion is the act of finishing something in its entirety or the state of being entirely finished.
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hikes
An abrupt increase.
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amplifications
An increase in the magnitude or strength of an electric current, a force, or another physical quantity, such as a radio signal.
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raises
(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
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proliferations
Proliferation is a rapid increase in numbers or rapid growth.
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multiplications
(Uncountable, mathematics) The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
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jumps
A sudden rise, as in prices
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boosts
An increase in amount, power, etc.
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decreases (antonym)
(Knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
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decrements (antonym)
(Math.) The quantity by which a variable decreases or is decreased: a negative decrement results in an increase
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failures (antonym)
A cessation of proper functioning or performance:
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reductions (antonym)
The result of reducing:
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abatements (antonym)
A lessening or reduction
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atrophies (antonym)
(Pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
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bulges (related)
(Informal) A sudden increase in size, value, etc.
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maturities (related)
A becoming due
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majorities (related)
More than half (50%) of some group
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changes (related)
(Countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
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Growths Sentence Examples

  • The lake is nowhere of great depth, and about midway numerous mud-banks, marshes, islands and dense growths of aqueous plants stretch across its surface.

  • The territories of the Gran Chaco, however, are covered with a characteristic tropical vegetation, in which the palm predominates, but intermingled south of the Bermejo with heavy growths of algarrobo, quebracho-colorado, urunday (Astronium fraxinifolium), lapacho (Tecoma curialis) and palosanto (Guayacum officinalis), all esteemed for hardness and fineness of grain.

  • P. alba suffers much from the ravages of wood-eating larvae, and also from fungoid growths, especially where the branches have been removed by pruning or accident.

  • Aphidesand may be easily penetrated by certain Fungi such as Peziza, Nectria; and when thus attacked, the repeated conflicts between the cambium and callus, on the one hand, trying to heal over the wound, and the insect or Fungus, on the other, destroying the new tissues as they are formed, results in irregular growths; the still uninjured cambium area goes on thickening the branch, the dead parts, of course, remain unthickened, and the portion in which the Fungus is at work may for the time being grow more rapidly.

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