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Noun Concept
Categories: Developmental biology, Philosophy of biology, Articles with short description
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growth  growing  maturation  development  ontogeny
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(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 WordNet 3.0
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(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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Ontogeny is the origination and development of an organism, usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to adult. Wikipedia
Origination and development of an organism, usually from the time of egg fertisliation through to adult form Wikidata
The description of the origin and the development of an organism from the fertilized egg to its mature form and death. OmegaWiki
The process of an individual organism growing organically. OmegaWiki
The entire sequence of events involved in the development of an individual organism. OmegaWiki
The process by which an organism or any of its parts increases in size. OmegaWiki
The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells. Wiktionary
The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. Wiktionary
The generation and development of an individual organism by the characteristic process of ontogeny associated with its species. Wiktionary
Arising or development of an individual organism. Wiktionary (translation)
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He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The organism has reached a crucial stage in its development. Wiktionary