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Ontogeny   /ɑntˈɑdʒəni/   Listen
Ontogeny

noun
1.
(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: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis.






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