Synonyms: intussusception
Definition: (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
Similar words: growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development
Definition: (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
Usage: he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Synonyms: introversion, intussusception, invagination, infolding
Definition: the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
Usage: the invagination of the blastula
Similar words: organic process, biological process
Definition: a process occurring in living organisms