growing pains

Definition of Growing Pains in English :

1. growing pains

pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth

2. growing pains

emotional distress arising during adolescence

3. growing pains

problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Growing Pains

plural noun

1.

pains in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children during a period of unusually rapid growth

2.

difficulties besetting a new enterprise in its early stages

1.

recurrent pains in the joints and muscles, esp. of the legs, of growing children

a loose term with no precise medical meaning

2.

difficulties experienced in the early development of a person, project, etc.

pl.n.

1. Pains in the limbs and joints of children or adolescents, often attributed to rapid growth but arising from various unrelated causes.

2. Emotional difficulties that occur during adolescence.

3. Problems that arise in the initiation or enlargement of an enterprise.