growth vs teratogenesis

teratogenesis vs growth

growth and teratogenesis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
growth	Yes	No	No	No
teratogenesis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, teratogenesis is a hyponym of growth; that is, teratogenesis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than growth:

growth: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
teratogenesis: the development of defects in an embryo

Other hyponyms of growth include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, cytogenesis, cytogeny, foliation, leafing, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, sprouting, habit, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, palingenesis, recapitulation, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, vegetation.

growth (noun)	teratogenesis (noun)
the gradual beginning or coming forth	the development of defects in an embryo
vegetation that has grown
something grown or growing
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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