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Increasing

Any QuantityChange where the PhysicalQuantity is increased.

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Parents	QuantityChange	Any InternalChange where a PhysicalQuantity associated with the patient is altered.
Children	Accelerating	Increasing the speed with which someone or something is moving.
	Bloating	Any Process where the stomach or instestines of a Human or Animal become distended from excessive gas.
	Heating	Any Increasing Process where the PhysicalQuantity increased is a TemperatureMeasure.
	Inflammation	Inflammation is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants, and is a protective response involving immune cells, BloodVessels, and molecular mediators. The function of inflammation is to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury, clear out necrotic cells and tissues damaged from the original insult and the inflammatory process, and initiate tissue repair.[from Wikipedia]
	Inflating	Any Process where a Balloon is filled with a Gas.
	Lengthening	Increasing the length of something.
	Proliferation	WN: a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
	Saving	Any instance of Increasing where the PhysicalQuantity involved is a CurrencyMeasure. This includes saving in a financial account as well as stuffing gold bars under the matress, or a squirrel saving nuts for winter.

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