GROWTH

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

Example: "He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

A progression from simpler to more complex forms

Example: "The growth of culture"

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

Example: "The increase in unemployment"

Vegetation that has grown

Example: "A growth of trees"

The gradual beginning or coming forth

Example: "Figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in greece"

(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

Something grown or growing

Example: "A growth of hair"