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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. ontogeny
noun. ['ɑːnˈtɑːdʒəni'] (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.
Synonyms
- cainogenesis
- gametogenesis
- organic process
- life cycle
- maturation
- habit
- palingenesis
- psychosexual development
- proliferation
- vegetation
- caenogenesis
- cohesion
- florescence
- apposition
- angiogenesis
- virilisation
- psychogenesis
- development
- germination
- suppression
- leafing
- odontiasis
- cytogeny
- masculinization
- virilization
- sprouting
- neurogenesis
- masculinisation
- infructescence
- fructification
- myelinization
- recapitulation
- teething
- juvenescence
- gastrulation
- growth
- biological process
- kainogenesis
- rooting
- myelinisation
- ontogenesis
- auxesis
- cenogenesis
- foliation
- psychomotor development
- cultivation
- amelogenesis
- inflorescence
- cytogenesis
- flowering
- anthesis
- efflorescence
- teratogenesis
- culture
- growing
- dentition
- blossoming
- intussusception
- kenogenesis
Antonyms
Etymology
- -geny (English)
- onto- (English)
Rhymes with Ontogeny
- phylogeny
- homogeny
- progeny
