ontogeny, n.
(ontogenies)
(ontogenies)
(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
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development growing growth maturation ontogenesis ontogeny
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"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
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culture
amelogenesis
angiogenesis
apposition
auxesis
flowering, blossoming, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis
cohesion
cultivation
cytogenesis, cytogeny
foliation, leafing
fructification
gametogenesis
germination, sprouting
habit
infructescence
intussusception
juvenescence
life cycle
masculinization, masculinisation, virilization, virilisation
morphogenesis
myelinization, myelinisation
neurogenesis
palingenesis, recapitulation
proliferation
psychogenesis
psychogenesis
psychomotor development
psychosexual development
rooting
suppression
teething, dentition, odontiasis
teratogenesis
vegetation
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