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Ontogeny

Ontogeny Meaning & Definition
Ontogeny Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ontogeny?

[n] 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 | Synonyms for Ontogeny: development | growing | growth | maturation | ontogenesis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ontogeny:

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

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