physical development
Growing up physically
Physical development is the growth and maturation of the body over time—changes in size, strength, coordination, and biological function.
The term appears most often in discussions of childhood: The pediatrician tracked the baby's physical development at each visit.
It encompasses motor skills, puberty, and the body's progression toward adult form, distinct from cognitive or emotional development.
- pubertySexual development stage
- heightVertical extent upward
- bone growthSkeletal tissue formation
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- developmental milestonesExpected stages of child progress
early childhood · proprioception · growth plates · neuroplasticity · vestibular system · coordination · skeletal structure · cardiovascular endurance · growth spurt · maturation · muscle mass · dexterity · bone density · motor neurons · hormonal changes · balance · body awareness · crawling
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- maturationripening, maturing, growth, aging, puberty
- Baby Developmentcrawling, rolling, sitting, standing, walking
- growth assessmentheight, weight chart, height measurement, growth chart, growth charts
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
physical developmentmental development
Maturation of intellectual capacities
cognitive development · intellectual development · psychological development · emotional development · spiritual development
physical developmentsenescence
Gradual functional decline with age
atrophy · degeneration · wasting · muscle atrophy · stunted growth
physical developmentstunted growth
Incomplete physical development
arrested development · developmental delay · failure to thrive · growth inhibition