intussusception vs growth

growth vs intussusception

intussusception and growth both are nouns.

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

As nouns, growth is a hypernym of intussusception; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than intussusception:

intussusception: (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
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

Other hypernyms of intussusception include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.

intussusception (noun)	growth (noun)
(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall	the gradual beginning or coming forth
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface	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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