Definition of ontogenesis

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Definition of ontogenesis

  • (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

    1. development
    2. growing
    3. growth
    4. maturation
    5. ontogeny

See definition of ontogenesis in Merriam Webster