growth : Idioms & Phrases

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economic growth

  • noun steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)
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growth factor

  • noun a protein that is involved in cell differentiation and growth
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growth hormone

  • noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
    somatotrophin; somatotropin; growth hormone; STH; somatotrophic hormone; somatotropic hormone.
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growth hormone-releasing factor

  • noun a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body
    GHRF.
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growth industry

  • noun an industry that is growing rapidly
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growth rate

  • noun the rate of increase in size per unit time
    growth rate.
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growth regulator

  • noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
    phytohormone; plant hormone.
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growth ring

  • noun an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow
    annual ring.
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growth stock

  • noun stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to
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growth-onset diabetes

  • noun severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
    IDDM; juvenile-onset diabetes; ketoacidosis-prone diabetes; juvenile diabetes; ketosis-prone diabetes; insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; type I diabetes; autoimmune diabetes.
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human growth hormone

  • noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
    somatotrophin; somatotropin; growth hormone; STH; somatotrophic hormone; somatotropic hormone.
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nerve growth factor

  • noun a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells
    NGF.
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old growth

  • noun forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity
    virgin forest.
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population growth

  • noun increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state
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rapid growth

  • noun a rapid rise
    rapid climb; zoom.
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rate of growth

  • noun the rate of increase in size per unit time
    growth rate.
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second growth

  • noun a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting
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