cell growth
Division and multiplication
Cell growth refers to the increase in cell size or the multiplication of cells through division.
In biology, it describes normal developmental processes: tissue repair, organism development, or the expansion of cell populations.
The term appears frequently in medical contexts, where abnormal cell growth often signals cancer or other pathological conditions.
Cell growth is regulated by complex molecular signals; when these controls fail, cells may proliferate uncontrollably.
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- cytokinesisCytoplasmic division after mitosis
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
out of control · division · morphogenesis · signaling · telomeres · confluence · gene expression · development · hyperplasia · cancer · doubling · expansion · tissue repair · multiplying · tumor · angiogenesis · nutrients · culture
- growthgrow, increase, increasing, expansion, expand
- cellsmitosis, meiosis, plasma membrane, chloroplast, vacuole
- cell biologycytoplasm, ribosome, mitochondria, nucleus, organelles
- regenerationregeneration, healing, renewal, rebirth, revival
- wound healingscab, scar, granulation, wound closure, scar formation
- bioprocessingbioreactor, scale-up, batch processing, pilot plant, yeast fermentation
cell growthcell death
Cessation of cellular life
apoptosis · necrosis · cytotoxicity · autophagy · cell lysis
cell, growth, growing, grown, grew, cells, grower, growths, undergrowth