🔄 Synonyms of "Ontogeny"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| developmentnoun | (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change. |
| growthnoun | An increase in size, number, value, or strength. |
| ontogenesisnoun | The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood. |
| maturationnoun | The process of becoming mature. |
| growingnoun | growth; increase |
↔️ Antonyms of "Ontogeny"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nondevelopmentnoun | Lack of development, or failure to develop. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ontogeny"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ontogenesisnoun | The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood. |
| maturationnoun | The process of becoming mature. |
| growthnoun | An increase in size, number, value, or strength. |
| growingnoun | growth; increase |
| developmentnoun | (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change. |
| anthropogonynoun | Synonym of anthropogenesis. |
| ontogenistnoun | One who studies ontogeny. |
| ontogeneticistnoun | A geneticist whose speciality is ontogenesis |
| merogenynoun | Synonym of merogenesis. |
| nosogenynoun | Synonym of nosogenesis. |
| organogenynoun | (dated) Organogenesis. |
| endogenesisnoun | (biology) Synonym of endogeny (“growth from within”). |
| odontogenynoun | (archaic, biology) The generation, or mode of development, of the teeth. |
| ovogenesisnoun | Synonym of oogenesis. |
| geneagenesisnoun | (biology, archaic) Synonym of metagenesis. |
| ovigenesisnoun | Synonym of oogenesis. |
| pathopoiesisnoun | (pathology) Synonym of pathogenesis. |
| orthogeneticsnoun | orthogenesis |
| morphogenynoun | (historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny. |
| dynamogenesisnoun | Synonym of dynamogeny. |
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