English dictionary
ontogenesis
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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(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
Antonyms nondevelopmentSource: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>phylogeny</i>, or evolution of the tribe. Called also <i>henogenesis</i>, <i>henogeny</i>.
Source: webster1913