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Definition of Ontogeny

• (n.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

Synonyms of Ontogeny

• Growth
• Growing
• Maturation
• Development
• Ontogenesis

Antonyms of Ontogeny

• Nondevelopment

Homophones of Ontogeny