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Webster 1913 Edition
Ontogeny
{
Onˊto-gen′e-sis
,On-tog′e-ny
, }Noun.
(Biol.)
The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the 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
.
Syn. – growth, growing, maturation, development.
Definition 2024
ontogeny
ontogeny
English
Noun
ontogeny (plural ontogenies)
- The development of an individual organism.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
development of an individual organism
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