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Ontogeny has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(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"

2

ontogenesis

See Also
ontogenically individual phylogeny morphogeny development organism archallaxis physiogeny
Related Terms
Antonyms
nondevelopment
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organic process
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
culture amelogenesis angiogenesis apposition auxesis blossoming cenogenesis cohesion cultivation cytogenesis foliation fructification gametogenesis germination habit infructescence intussusception juvenescence life cycle masculinization morphogenesis myelinization neurogenesis palingenesis proliferation psychogenesis psychomotor development psychosexual development rooting suppression teething teratogenesis vegetation
Rhyming Words
xeny deny eeny veny geny heny feeny teeny weeny sheeny greeny queeny deveny sweeny tweeny algeny ingeny lineny semeny doheny
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