growing pains
- recurrent pains in the joints and muscles, esp. of the legs, of growing children: a loose term with no precise medical meaning
- difficulties experienced in the early development of a person, project, etc.
See growing pains in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(grōˈĭng)
plural noun- Pains in the limbs and joints of children or adolescents, often attributed to rapid growth but arising from various unrelated causes.
- Emotional difficulties that occur during adolescence.
- Problems that arise in the initiation or enlargement of an enterprise.
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