UPGROWTH


Meaning of UPGROWTH in English

/up"grohth'/ , n.

1. the process of growing up; development: the upgrowth of nuclear science.

2. something that grows or has grown in an upward direction: Part of the pituitary gland is an upgrowth of the roof of the mouth.

[ 1835-45; UP- + GROWTH ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .