The process in which a cell irreversibly increases in size over time by accretion and biosynthetic production of matter similar to that already present. [ GOC:ai ]
Synonyms: cellular growth growth of cell
Term information
gocheck_do_not_annotate, goslim_drosophila, goslim_pir, goslim_plant
cell expansion
metabolic process resulting in cell growth
non-developmental cell growth
non-developmental growth of a unicellular organism
metabolism resulting in cell growth