The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Henoge ny \He*nog"e* ny\, Henogenesis \Hen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr.
e"i`s, masc., "e`n, neut., one + root of ? to be born.]
(Biol.)
Same as Ontogeny.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ontogenesis \On`to*gen"e*sis\, Ontogeny \On*tog"e*ny\, n. [See
Ontology, and Genesis.] (Biol.)
The history of the individual development of an organism; the
sequence of events involved in the development of an
organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the
development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from
phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also
henogenesis, henogeny.
Syn: growth, growing, maturation, development.
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