growths
Lumps and bumps
Growths is the plural of growth, referring to things that have grown or are growing.
The word often appears in medical contexts for abnormal tissue masses—benign or malignant: The doctor found several growths on her thyroid.
It also describes natural developments: new growths on the rose bushes, economic growths across emerging markets.
Abnormal tissue mass
- benignNot harmful or threatening
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- neoplasmAbnormal tissue mass
adenoma · sarcoma · cyst · polyp · lesion · biopsy · oncology · metastasis
Increase in size
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- increaseGrowth in amount
- spreadTo distribute widely
- extensionAdded part or duration
widening · distension · inflation · bloating · bulge · protrusion · projection · thickening
Fires or photographs
- sproutsNew growth from seeds
- budsPre-bloom plant growths
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
- vinesClimbing, trailing plants
runners · offshoots · suckers · branches · foliage · roots · seedlings · saplings
Composed of small units
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- divisionSplitting into parts
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
regeneration · reproduction · germination · propagation · tissue · colonies · cultures · bacterial
Process of becoming complete
- progressionSequential forward movement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- formationCreation or arrangement
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
blossoming · flourishing · improvement · enhancement · transformation · cultivation · nurturing · stages
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- benignNot harmful or threatening
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
neoplasm · adenoma · sarcoma · cyst · polyp · lesion · biopsy · oncology · metastasis · pathology
enlargement
Increase in size
extension · widening · distension · inflation · bloating · bulge · protrusion · projection · thickening · accretion
shoots
Fires or photographs
vines · runners · offshoots · suckers · branches · foliage · roots · seedlings · saplings · underbrush
cellular
Composed of small units
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- divisionSplitting into parts
proliferation · regeneration · reproduction · germination · propagation · tissue · colonies · cultures · bacterial · fungal
maturation
Process of becoming complete
- progressionSequential forward movement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- formationCreation or arrangement
evolution · blossoming · flourishing · improvement · enhancement · transformation · cultivation · nurturing · stages · phases
GDP
National output abbreviation
gains · returns · market · quarterly · annual · projections · rates · sustainable · sluggish · robust
- growthstumor, tumors, tumour, lump, lumps
- disfigurementsscars, scar, scarring, deformities, deformity
- growth disordersdwarfism, gigantism, stunting, short stature, failure to thrive
growthsshrinkages
Reductions in size
contractions · declines · decreases · reductions · diminutions
growthsregressions
Returns to former states
remissions · atrophies · shrinkages · excisions · ablations
growthsdecays
Deteriorates over time
declines · deteriorations · witherings · deaths · failings
- growth spurtPeriod of accelerated physical development
- new growthRecently sprouted plant material
- hair growthFollicular production of strands
- personal growthIntentional self-improvement over time
- fetal growthUnborn child's size increase
- old growth forests
growth, outgrowth, undergrowth, overgrowth, regrowth, ingrowth