ontogeny
/ɑntˈɑdʒʌni/
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Definitions
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"
More Specific Terms
amelogenesis
angiogenesis
anthesis
apposition
auxesis
blossoming
caenogenesis
cainogenesis
cenogenesis
cohesion
cultivation
culture
cytogenesis
cytogeny
dentition
efflorescence
florescence
flowering
foliation
fructification
gametogenesis
germination
habit
inflorescence
infructescence
intussusception
juvenescence
kainogenesis
kenogenesis
leafing
life cycle
masculinisation
masculinization
morphogenesis
myelinisation
myelinization
neurogenesis
odontiasis
palingenesis
proliferation
psychogenesis
psychomotor development
psychosexual development
recapitulation
rooting
sprouting
suppression
teething
teratogenesis
vegetation
virilisation
virilization