Associations to the word «Ontogeny»
Noun
- Phylogeny
- Sinus
- Triassic
- Morphology
- Embryo
- Ontology
- Gould
- Correlation
- Evolution
- Fossil
- Puberty
- Mongolia
- Assemblage
- Organism
- Physiology
- Dinosaur
- Biologist
- Biology
- Anatomy
- Hormone
- Hypothesis
- Differentiation
- Representation
- Skeleton
- Growth
- Specimen
- Tooth
- Ecology
- Behavior
- Behaviour
- Development
- Adaptation
- Trait
- Tissue
- Adult
- Bone
- Individual
- Jay
- Mammal
- Theory
- Animal
- Determination
- Montana
- Alberta
- Ancestor
- Diversity
- Formation
- Cell
- Gene
- Organ
- Perception
- Definition
- Origin
- Comparison
- Nest
- Species
- Human
- Psychology
- Perspective
- Pattern
- Stage
- Display
- Relationship
- Structure
- Museum
- Brain
- Evidence
- Study
- Variation
- Mode
- Insect
- Process
Adjective
Wiktionary
ONTOGENY, noun. The development of an individual organism.
Dictionary definition
ONTOGENY, noun. (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".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.