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Ontogenesis

Definition of Ontogenesis

  • 1. (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 Noun

Synonyms for word "ontogenesis"

  • development
  • growing
  • growth
  • maturation
  • ontogeny

Semanticaly linked words with "ontogenesis"

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

Hyponims for word "ontogenesis"

  • biological process
  • organic process

Lexical Analysis for "ontogenesis"

  1. ontogenetic
    Adjective
    derivation
    1
    1. of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms
Words Rhyme with ontogenesis
  • abdominocentesis
  • abiogenesis
  • acanthocytosis
  • acantholysis
  • acanthosis
  • acariasis
  • acaridiasis
  • acariosis
  • acidosis
  • acrocyanosis
  • actinomycosis
  • adenohypophysis
  • adenomyosis
  • adenosis
  • adiposis
  • aerobiosis
Etymology for ontogenesis
  • etymological origin of -genesis
  • etymologically related dysontogenesis
  • etymological origin of onto-
  • is derived from ontogeneses
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