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
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
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
ontogeny(Noun)
The development of an individual organism.
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