Ontogenesis

n.

1.

(Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, - in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

Noun

1.

ontogenesis - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" Synonyms: growing, growth, ontogeny, maturation, development

amelogenesis, angiogenesis, anthesis, apposition, auxesis, biological process, biological science, biology, blossoming, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, cohesion, culture, cytogenesis, cytogeny, dentition, development, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, foliation, fructification, gametogenesis, gastrulation, germination, growing, growth, inflorescence, infructescence, intussusception, isometry, juvenescence, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, leafing, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, maturation, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, odontiasis, ontogeny, organic process, palingenesis, proliferation, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, recapitulation, rooting, sprouting, suppression, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation, virilisation, virilization

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