growth spurts
Sudden height increases
Growth spurts are periods of rapid physical development, especially in children and adolescents.
A child might grow several inches in a few months during a growth spurt.
The term extends beyond height: The company experienced a growth spurt after the merger.
Parents often notice growth spurts when clothes suddenly no longer fit.
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
identity · body image · braces · pimples · self-esteem · school dances · curfew · mood swings
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- menarcheOnset of menstruation
- voice crackingInvoluntary pitch fluctuation
acne · body odor · facial hair · menstruation · gynecomastia · adrenarche · wet dreams · ovulation
Loud deep sound
- expansionIncrease in scope
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- hypergrowthExtremely rapid expansion
- scalingClimbing or resizing
market expansion · startup · hiring spree · hockey stick · bull market · investment · emerging markets · industrialization
Notable points of progress
- pediatricsMedicine for minors
- percentilesHundredth-fraction rank markers
- bone ageDevelopmental stage via wrist X-ray
- failure to thriveInadequate childhood growth diagnosis
endocrinology · nutrition · sleep · infancy · toddlerhood · childhood · neonatal · fussiness
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
self-consciousness · identity · body image · braces · pimples · self-esteem · school dances · curfew · mood swings · appetite
hormones
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- menarcheOnset of menstruation
voice cracking · acne · body odor · facial hair · menstruation · gynecomastia · adrenarche · wet dreams · ovulation · height gain
boom
Loud deep sound
- expansionIncrease in scope
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- hypergrowthExtremely rapid expansion
scaling · market expansion · startup · hiring spree · hockey stick · bull market · investment · emerging markets · industrialization · urbanization
milestones
Notable points of progress
- pediatricsMedicine for minors
- percentilesHundredth-fraction rank markers
- bone ageDevelopmental stage via wrist X-ray
failure to thrive · endocrinology · nutrition · sleep · infancy · toddlerhood · childhood · neonatal · fussiness · sleep regression
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- Growth Metricspercent change, year over year, retention rate, churn rate, attrition rate
- pubertypuberty, voice cracking, adolescence, body hair, pubic hair
- growthincrease, increasing, expansion, expand, expanding
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- toddlerstoddler, three-year-old, toddlerhood, terrible twos, first steps
growth spurtsshrinkage
Decrease in size
regression · atrophy · decline · wasting · deterioration
growth spurtsstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
dormancy · latency · arrested development · quiescence · standstill
grow, growth, growing, grown, spurt, grows, grower, overgrown, outgrowth