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The phrase "a growth on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical or biological contexts to describe an abnormal increase in tissue or cells on a surface or within an organism.
Example: "The doctor examined the patient and noted a growth on the skin that required further investigation."
Alternatives: "a lesion on" or "a tumor on".
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Irvin Salky, Mr. Newborn's agent and friend, said X-rays six weeks ago showed a growth on one of his lungs.
Dernier had a growth on one foot.
He looks like a growth on the great general's body.
Its life cycle has two phases which are passed alternately as a growth on red cedar and on apple trees.
I met Sarkar, a shy and intelligent boy with a harelip, a cleft palate, and a growth on his spine.
When Molly, a cavalier spaniel, comes in with a growth on her head, Supervet knows just what to do.
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If you do, you'll see that she has a blemish - a bony growth on one of her hind legs.
Although Flaherty's voice problems suggested a benign growth on a vocal cord, an exam two months earlier had shown no such growth.
Still, fishing is a growth business on the Web, Mr. Lienau reasoned.
China is basing a growth model on the most unstable part of GDP.
Because there's a growth tradeoff on offer here.
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