ontogenesis

English

Traditional idealised representation of the comparative ontogenesis of vertebrate embryos. From left to right in columns: fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammals

Etymology

onto- +‎ -genesis

Noun

ontogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural ontogeneses)

The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood.

Synonyms

ontogeny

Translations

development of an individual organism

Czech: ontogeneze (cs) f
Dutch: ontogenese (nl) f
Estonian: ontogenees (et), isendiareng
Finnish: yksilönkehitys (fi), ontogeneesi (fi), ontogenia (fi)
French: ontogénie (fr) f, ontogenèse (fr) f
German: Ontogenie (de) f, Ontogenese (de) f
Hebrew: אוֹנְטוֹגֶנֶזָה f
Hungarian: egyedfejlődés (hu), ontogenezis (hu)
Irish: ontaigineas m
Italian: ontogenesi (it) f
Kazakh: онтогенез (ontogenez), жекедаму (jekedamu)
Occitan: ontogenèsi f
Serbo-Croatian: ontogèneza (sh) f, ontogènija (sh) f
Slovak: ontogenéza f, ontogénia f
Spanish: ontogenia (es) f

See also

phylogenesis

Anagrams

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