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Ontogenetic

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Adjective

1. ontogenetic

of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms

Example Sentences:
'ontogenetic development'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ontogenetic

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noun
the entire sequence of events involved in the development of an individual organism
Compare phylogeny

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Ontogenetic

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nounWord forms: plural onˈtogenies
the life cycle of a single organism; biological development of the individual
see also phylogeny: also called ontogenesis (ˌɑntəˈdʒɛnəsɪs ; änˌtəjenˈəsis)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ontogenetic

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n. pl. on·tog·e·nies
The development of an individual organism or a part of an organism from inception to maturity. Also called ontogenesis.

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