(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 | the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation |
coming to full development; becoming mature | forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority |
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires |
| the failure to develop some part or organ |