arrested development
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arrested development
noun arrested developments
- A state where development has stopped prematurely. 1835–1836, Benjamin Phillips, "Bladder, Abnormal Anatomy", in Robert Bentley Todd (ed.), The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, Volume I (A–DEA), Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, page 390, There are upon record a certain number of cases in which two or more urinary bladders are said to
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