Defenition of the word ontogenesis

Defenition of the word ontogenesis
- The entire sequence of events involved in the development of an individual organism.
- 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 development in children"
- (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 development in children"
- (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

Synonyms for the word ontogenesis

- development
- growing
- growth
- maturation
- ontogeny

Meronymys for the word ontogenesis

- gastrulation

Hyponyms for the word ontogenesis

- amelogenesis
- angiogenesis
- anthesis
- apposition
- auxesis
- blossoming
- caenogenesis
- cainogenesis
- cenogenesis
- cohesion
- cultivation
- culture
- cytogenesis
- cytogeny
- dentition
- efflorescence
- florescence
- flowering
- foliation
- fructification
- gametogenesis
- germination
- habit
- inflorescence
- infructescence
- intussusception
- juvenescence
- kainogenesis
- kenogenesis
- leafing
- life cycle
- masculinisation
- masculinization
- morphogenesis
- myelinisation
- myelinization
- neurogenesis
- odontiasis
- palingenesis
- proliferation
- psychogenesis
- psychomotor development
- psychosexual development
- recapitulation
- rooting
- sprouting
- suppression
- teething
- teratogenesis
- vegetation
- virilisation
- virilization

Hypernyms for the word ontogenesis

- biological process
- organic process

Antonyms for the word ontogenesis

- nondevelopment

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