noun
physical growth and development
A formal or technical term often used in medical, educational, or child-development contexts to refer to the combined process of physical growth (発育) and functional/mental development (発達).
小児科では、子供の発育発達を定期的にチェックします。
In pediatrics, they regularly check children's physical growth and development.
発育発達の段階に応じた適切な運動が必要です。
Appropriate exercise according to the stage of growth and development is necessary.
Refers to functional, mental, or skill development. 発育発達 is the combined concept.
Compound of 発育 (physical growth) and 発達 (development). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern technical compound.