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teratogenesis vs growth

growth vs teratogenesis

teratogenesis and growth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teratogenesis Yes No No No
growth Yes No No No
As nouns, growth is a hypernym of teratogenesis; that is, growth is a word with a broader meaning than teratogenesis:
  • teratogenesis: the development of defects in an embryo
  • 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 teratogenesis include development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny.
teratogenesis (noun) growth (noun)
the development of defects in an embryo the gradual beginning or coming forth
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)
Difference between teratogenesis and growth

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