Meaning of ONTOGENY

Pronunciation:			ân'tâjunee
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  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"
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	Synonyms:		development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis
	Antonyms:		nondevelopment
	See Also:		amelogenesis, angiogenesis, anthesis, apposition, auxesis, biological process, blossoming, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, cohesion, culture, cytogenesis, dentition, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, foliation, fructification, gametogenesis, gastrulation, germination, inflorescence, intussusception, juvenescence, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, leafing, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis, odontiasis, organic process, palingenesis, proliferation, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, recapitulation, rooting, sprouting, suppression, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation, virilisation, virilization
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		The developmental history of an organism.
Glossary
	Definition:		the processes of growth and development of the individual from conception to death.