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Meaning of ontogeny in English
Pronunciation
/ɑnˈtɑdʒəni/
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Noun
ontogeny
Etymology
late 19th century: from Greek ōn, ont-‘being’+ -geny
Definitions
1.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
Examples
« 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 »
Antonyms
nondevelopment