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life cycle

noun [C usually singular]
 
 
(also life history)

Definition

the series of changes that a living thing goes through from the beginning of its life until deathLife and living
(Definition of life cycle noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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