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Synonyms for ontogeny
ɒnˈtɒdʒ ə ni; ˌɒn təˈdʒɛn ə sɪson·toge·ny

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  1. ontogenynoun

    Synonyms:
    ontogenesis

  2. ontogenynoun

    The development of an individual organism.

    Synonyms:
    ontogenesis

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  1. growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesisnoun

    (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

    "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

    Synonyms:
    development, emergence, ripening, maturation, suppuration, increase, ontogenesis, maturement, growth, evolution, developing, outgrowth, increment, exploitation, growing, festering

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