nnoun.process(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 levelTopic:biological sciencebiology
Synset:development growing maturation ontogenesis ontogeny
Examples:- he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Antonyms:nondevelopment
Derivationally Related Form:maturateontogeneticdevelopmentalmaturematurationaldevelopgrow
Hypernyms:biological process organic process
Inherited Hypernyms:growthorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:amelogenesisangiogenesisanthesisappositionauxesisblossomingcaenogenesiscainogenesiscenogenesiscohesioncultivationculturecytogenesiscytogenydentitionefflorescenceflorescencefloweringfoliationfructificationgametogenesisgerminationhabitinflorescenceinfructescenceintussusceptionjuvenescencekainogenesiskenogenesisleafinglife cyclemasculinisationmasculinizationmorphogenesismyelinisationmyelinizationneurogenesisodontiasispalingenesisproliferationpsychogenesispsychomotor developmentpsychosexual developmentrecapitulationrootingsproutingsuppressionteethingteratogenesisvegetationvirilisationvirilization
Part Meronyms:gastrulation
Full Hyponyms:amelogenesisangiogenesisappositionauxesisblossomingcenogenesiscohesioncultivationculturecytogenesisfoliationfructificationgametogenesisgerminationhabitinfructescenceintussusceptionjuvenescencelife cyclemasculinizationmorphogenesismyelinizationneurogenesisoogenesispalingenesisprecocious dentitionproliferationpsychogenesispsychomotor developmentpsychosexual developmentrootingspermatogenesisstartersuppressionteethingteratogenesisvegetation
nnoun.processa progression from simpler to more complex formsDerivationally Related Form:grow
Hypernyms:development evolution
Inherited Hypernyms:growthdevelopmentprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.processa process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more importantSynset:increase increment
Examples:- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
Antonyms:decreasedecrement
Derivationally Related Form:incrementalincreasegrow
Hypernyms:physical process process
Inherited Hypernyms:increaseprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:accessionaccretionaccumulationbroadeningmultiplicationpopulation growthproliferationpullulationrelaxationwidening
Full Hyponyms:accessionaccretionbackupbuildupdepositiondoublingelectrodepositionirruptionmultiplicationpigmentationpopulation growthproliferationpullulationquadruplingquintuplingredepositionrelaxationsuperpositiontriplingwidening
nnoun.groupvegetation that has grownExamples:- a growth of trees
- the only growth was some salt grass
Derivationally Related Form:grow
Hypernyms:botany flora vegetation
Inherited Hypernyms:growthvegetationcollectiongroupabstractionentity
nnoun.eventthe gradual beginning or coming forthSynset:emergence outgrowth
Examples:- figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
Derivationally Related Form:growemerge
Hypernyms:beginning
Inherited Hypernyms:emergencebeginninghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:rise
Full Hyponyms:crime waverisespikewave
nnoun.state(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)Topic:pathology
Hypernyms:illness malady sickness unwellness
Inherited Hypernyms:growthillnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:excrescenceexostosishamartomaneoplasmpedunclepolyppolypustumortumour
Full Hyponyms:acanthomaacute leukemiaacute lymphocytic leukemiaacute myelocytic leukemiaadenocarcinomaadenomaadenomatous polypalveolar rhabdomyosarcomaangiomaangiosarcomabenign tumorblastomabrain tumorbreast cancercancercancroidcarcinoidcarcinomacarcinoma in situcarcinosarcomaceliomachondromachondrosarcomachronic leukemiachronic lymphocytic leukemiachronic myelocytic leukemiacolon cancerembryonal carcinomaembryonal rhabdomyosarcomaenchondromaendometrial carcinomaepitheliomaewing's sarcomaexcrescenceexostosisfibroadenomafibroid tumorfibromaglioblastomagliomagranulomagummahamartomahemangiomahepatomahodgkin's diseasekaposi's sarcomakeratoacanthomaleiomyomaleiomyosarcomaleukemialipomaliposarcomaliver cancerlung cancerlymphadenomalymphangiomalymphoblastic leukemialymphocytic leukemialymphomamalignant tumormelanomameningiomamesotheliomamonocytic leukemiamultiple myelomamyeloblastic leukemiamyelocytic leukemiamyelomamyomamyosarcomamyxomaneurinomaneuroblastomaneuroepitheliomaneurofibromaneuromaneurosarcomaoat cell carcinomaoral cancerosteoblastomaosteochondromaosteomaosteosarcomapancreatic cancerpapillomapedunclepedunculated polyppheochromocytomapinealomaplasmacytomapleomorphic rhabdomyosarcomapolypprostate cancerpsammomaretinoblastomarhabdomyomarhabdomyosarcomasarcomaseminomasessile polypskin cancerspider angiomastrawberry hemangiomateratomatrophoblastic cancertumorvegetationwilms' tumor
nnoun.objectsomething grown or growingHypernyms:object physical object
Inherited Hypernyms:growthobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:ingrowth