imaginal disc growth

id: GO:0007446
name: imaginal disc growth
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The increase in mass of imaginal discs by cell proliferation prior to metamorphosis. Imaginal discs are epithelial infoldings in the larvae of holometabolous insects that develop into adult structures (legs, antennae, wings, etc.) during metamorphosis from larval to adult form.

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