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Ontogeny

{

Onˊto-gen′e-sis

,

On-tog′e-ny

, }
Noun.
[See
Ontology
, and
Genesis
.]
(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.

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ontogeny

ontogeny

English

Noun

ontogeny (plural ontogenies)

  1. The development of an individual organism.

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