Ontogeny

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The origin and development of an individual organism from embryo to adult. Also called ontogenesis.
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  • n. The development of an individual organism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as ontogenesis.
  • n. Specifically or specially, the ontogenesis of an individual living organism; the entire development and metamorphosis or life-history of a given organism, as distinguished from phylogeny.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    biological process    organic process   
    Cross Reference
    phylogeny   
    Hyponym
    rooting    myelinisation    proliferation    vegetation    blossoming    sprouting    anthesis    infructescence    kainogenesis    leafing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ontogenesis   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    homogeny    phylogeny    progeny   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lymphopoietin    phone    denaturation    microenvironment    commanders-in-chief    involution    rudiment    reactivation    stroma    medulla   
     
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