Definition of development

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Development (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization..

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Ramification :: Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement..
Microphthalmy :: Microphthalmy (n.) An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development..
Hypertrophy :: Hypertrophy (n.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
Biology :: Biology (n.) The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants..
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole..
Magneto-electricity :: Magneto-electricity (n.) That branch of science which treats of the development of electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of electro-magnetism.
Strobila :: Strobila (n.) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae..
Developmental :: Developmental (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ..
Histonomy :: Histonomy (n.) The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc..
Haematogenesis :: Haematogenesis (n.) The origin and development of blood.
Addle :: Addle (a.) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled..
Phylogeny :: Phylogeny (n.) The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally..
Sociology :: Sociology (n.) That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science..
Rampancy :: Rampancy (n.) The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.
Oviduct :: Oviduct (n.) A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes..
Dentition :: Dentition (n.) The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
Biogeny :: Biogeny (n.) Life development generally.
Croup :: Croup (n.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria..
Gastrulation :: Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed..
Cytula :: Cytula (n.) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed..
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