Ontogenesis — synonyms, definition

1. ontogenesis (Noun)

development growing growth maturation ontogeny

ontogenesis (Noun) — (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. ex. "he proposed an indicator of osseous ontogenesis in children"

biological process organic process amelogenesis angiogenesis anthesis apposition auxesis blossoming caenogenesis cainogenesis cenogenesis cohesion cultivation culture cytogenesis cytogeny dentition efflorescence florescence flowering foliation fructification • • • gastrulation isometry