Term Name: | cell growth |
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Synonyms: | cell expansion, cellular growth, growth of cell, metabolic process resulting in cell growth, metabolism resulting in cell growth, non-developmental cell growth, non-developmental growth of a unicellular organism |
Definition: | The process in which a cell irreversibly increases in size over time by accretion and biosynthetic production of matter similar to that already present. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0016049] QuickGO AmiGO |