different between growth vs somatotropic

growth

English

Etymology

From grow +? -th. Compare Old Frisian gr?d ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (growth, pasture)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (greens, fresh growth, shoot), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (fruits), Swedish gröda (crop, harvest)). More at grow.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??o??/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????/
  • Rhymes: -???

Noun

growth (countable and uncountable, plural growths)

  1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
  2. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
  3. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
  4. (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Synonyms

  • (increase in size): enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
  • (act of growing): development, maturation
  • (something that grows or has grown): vegetation
  • (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): outgrowth, cancer, mass

Antonyms

  • (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
  • (act of growing): nondevelopment

Hyponyms

  • (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor

Derived terms

Translations

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somatotropic

English

Etymology

somato- +? -tropic

Adjective

somatotropic (comparative more somatotropic, superlative most somatotropic)

  1. (physiology) That stimulates body growth

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