"growing pains" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. generalized pains in the limbs or joints of children or adolescents (from many causes) Tags: plural, plural-only Related terms: teething troubles, growth spurt Translations (generalized pains): 生長痛 /生长痛 (shēngzhǎngtòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 成長痛 /成长痛 (chéngzhǎngtòng) (Chinese Mandarin), vokseværk (Danish), groeipijn [feminine] (Dutch), kasvukipu (Finnish), Wachstumsschmerz [masculine] (German), vaxtarverkur [masculine] (Icelandic), durere de creștere [feminine] (Romanian), dolores de crecimiento [masculine, plural] (Spanish), växtvärk [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. emotional or social problems associated with adolescence Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (emotional or social problems): 生長痛 /生长痛 (shēngzhǎngtòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 成長痛 /成长痛 (chéngzhǎngtòng) (Chinese Mandarin), groeipijn [feminine] (Dutch)
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  3. (by extension) difficulties that arise in the early stages of any project Tags: broadly, plural, plural-only Translations (difficulties): groeipijn [feminine] (Dutch), maladies de jeunesse (French), växtvärk [common-gender] (Swedish), uppstartsproblem [neuter] (Swedish), inkörningsproblem [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-growing_pains-en-noun-okKGp38a Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 40 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 43 17 Disambiguation of 'difficulties': 1 2 96
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