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Ontogenesis Definition & Meaning

ontogenesis
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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

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What does ontogenesis mean?
(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"
What part of speech is ontogenesis?
Ontogenesis is a noun.

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