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Ontogeny, Ontogenesis n. (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.

Synonyms: growth, growing, maturation, development.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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