(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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ontogenesis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny |
| Type of | organic process, biological process |
| Has types | 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, virilization, angiogenesis, anthesis, apposition, auxesis, amelogenesis, palingenesis, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, recapitulation, rooting, sprouting, suppression, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation, virilisation |
| Derivation | ontogenetic |
Examples of ontogenesis
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Nothing could be more accessible to study than the ontogenesis of these notions.
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Research themes include origins of emotions, ontogenesis, evolution of grammars and generative performance.
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Since this field of biogenesis is not available to us, we shall do as biologists do and turn to ontogenesis.
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First towards understanding ontogenesis in the light of a common descent as seen in De l'Ovule, later towards plant adaptation to environmental conditions.
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