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 Definitions of ontogeny  [ˌɒn təˈdʒɛn ə sɪs]  

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Definition of 'ontogeny' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ontogeny
the development or developmental history of an individual organism.

Etymology:  (1870–75)

Definition of 'ontogeny' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, 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"



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