Definitions for ontogenyɒnˈtɒdʒ ə ni; ˌɒn təˈdʒɛn ə sɪs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

on•tog•e•nyɒnˈtɒdʒ ə ni; ˌɒn təˈdʒɛn ə sɪs(n.)

also on•to•gen•e•sis

  1. the development or developmental history of an individual organism.

    Category: Developmental Biology, Biology

    Ref: Compare phylogeny.

Origin of ontogeny:

1870–75

on`to•ge•net′i•cal•ly(adv.)

on`to•gen′i•cal•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

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

    (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"

Wiktionary

  1. ontogeny(Noun)

    The development of an individual organism.


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