Definition of development

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Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state..

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Chorion :: Chorion (n.) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development..
Zooid :: Zooid (n.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation..
Physiogeny :: Physiogeny (n.) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny..
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..
Planula :: Planula (n.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula..
Neoplasia :: Neoplasia (n.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.
Odontology :: Odontology (n.) The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development..
Chondrogenesis :: Chondrogenesis (n.) The development of cartilage.
Gastrulation :: Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed..
Histogenetic :: Histogenetic (a.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.
Immature :: Immature (a.) Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans..
Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
Hotbed :: Hotbed (n.) A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition..
Physiophyly :: Physiophyly (n.) The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly..
Megalops :: Megalops (n.) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism..
Monerula :: Monerula (n.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.
Spermatogenesis :: Spermatogenesis (n.) The development of the spermatozoids.
Melotype :: Melotype (n.) A picture produced by a process in which development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself..
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