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Added 9 October 2026

ontogenesis

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about ontogenesis at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(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

Origin

From onto- + -genesis.

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