ontogeny

English

Etymology

From onto- +‎ -geny, after German Ontogenie.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɒnˈtɒdʒəni/

Noun

ontogeny (countable and uncountable, plural ontogenies)

The development of an individual organism.

Synonyms

ontogenesis

Derived terms

ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

Translations

development of an individual organism

Czech: ontogeneze (cs) f
Dutch: ontogenie (nl) f
Estonian: ontogenees (et), isendiareng
Finnish: yksilönkehitys (fi), ontogenia (fi)
German: Ontogenie (de) f, Ontogenese (de) f
Hungarian: ontogenezis

Irish: ontaigineas m
Italian: ontogenesi (it) f
Serbo-Croatian: ontogènija (sh) f
Slovak: ontogénia f
Spanish: ontogenia (es) f

See also

phylogeny

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