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Ontogeny

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Noun

1. development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

(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

Example Sentences:
'he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children'

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Ontogeny

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noun
the entire sequence of events involved in the development of an individual organism
Compare phylogeny

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Ontogeny

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nounWord forms: plural onˈtogenies
the life cycle of a single organism; biological development of the individual
see also phylogeny: also called ontogenesis (ˌɑntəˈdʒɛnəsɪs ; änˌtəjenˈəsis)

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Ontogeny

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n. pl. on·tog·e·nies
The development of an individual organism or a part of an organism from inception to maturity. Also called ontogenesis.

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