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Noun: ontogeny  ón'tó-ju-nee
  1. (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
    "he proposed an indicator of osseous ontogeny in children"
    - growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogenesis

Derived forms: ontogenies

See also: ontogenetic

Type of: biological process, organic process

Encyclopedia: Ontogeny

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