Home › Words › M › misgrowthmisgrowthmisgrowth means an unnatural or abnormal growth.EtymologyFrom mis- + growth.nounAn unnatural or abnormal growth.e.g.“c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Henry More […] their physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic and a misgrowth of entia rationalia, that is, substantiated abstractions […]”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misgrow 77% match — To grow incorrectly or amiss. vs misgrowth →misgrown 73% match — Grown out of shape; misshapen. vs misgrowth →nongrowth 65% match — Not of or pertaining to growth. vs misgrowth →anormogenesis 64% match — abnormal formation and development (of cells or tissue) vs misgrowth →auxopathy 64% match — Any disease that affects growth vs misgrowth →growthless 63% match — Devoid of growth. vs misgrowth →cacogenesis 63% match — A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity. vs misgrowth →dysmorphogenesis 62% match — The formation of abnormal tissue vs misgrowth →