ontogenesis

on·to·gen·e·sis

O0083050 (ŏn′tō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)n. pl. on·to·gen·e·ses (-sēz′) See ontogeny.

ontogenesis

ontogeny. — ontogenetic, ontogenetical, adj.See also: Biology

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ontogeny. — ontogenetic, ontogenetical, adj.See also: Life

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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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"growing, growth, ontogeny, maturation, developmentculture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"biological science, biology - the science that studies living organismsamelogenesis - the developmental process of forming tooth enamelangiogenesis - the formation of new blood vesselsapposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of materialauxesis - growth from increase in cell size without cell divisionanthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, efflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossomscaenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis - introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)cohesion - (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)cultivation - the process of fostering the growth of something; "the cultivation of bees for honey"cytogenesis, cytogeny - the origin and development and variation of cellsfoliation, leafing - (botany) the process of forming leavesfructification - the bearing of fruitgametogenesis - the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosisgastrulation - the process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cellsgermination, sprouting - the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to growhabit - the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); "a shrub of spreading habit"infructescence - the fruiting stage of the inflorescenceintussusception - (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell walljuvenescence - the process of growing into a youthlife cycle - the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be producedmasculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization - the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)morphogenesis - differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)myelinisation, myelinization - the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiberneurogenesis - the development of nerve tissuesbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organismspalingenesis, recapitulation - emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or speciesproliferation - growth by the rapid multiplication of partspsychogenesis - a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mindpsychogenesis - the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factorspsychomotor development - progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activitiespsychosexual development - (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stagerooting - the process of putting forth roots and beginning to growsuppression - the failure to develop some part or organdentition, odontiasis, teething - the eruption through the gums of baby teethteratogenesis - the development of defects in an embryovegetation - the process of growth in plantsisometry - the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same

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