1.(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;
he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
2.a progression from simpler to more complex forms;
the growth of culture
3.a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;
the increase in unemployment
4.vegetation that has grown;
a growth of trees
5.the gradual beginning or coming forth;
figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
6.(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
7.something grown or growing;
a growth of hair