ontogeny

ontogeny is a 8-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.
2. 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

   "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

   Synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis

Synonyms

development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis

Common word forms

ontogenies

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