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emergence, growth, outgrowth | the gradual beginning or coming forth | |
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process, appendage, outgrowth | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | |
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growth, mass, outgrowth, cancer | [in pathology] an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) | |
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branch, offset, outgrowth, offshoot | a natural consequence of development |