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pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth
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Definitions
- n. pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth
- n. emotional distress arising during adolescence
- n. problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)