ontogeny

Meanings

Plural: ontogenies

Noun

(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
Synonym of ontogenesis.

Origin / Etymology

From onto- + -geny, after German Ontogenie.

Synonyms

development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis

Antonyms

nondevelopment

Scrabble Score: 12

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Words With Friends Score: 14

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