ontogeny meaning and definition

ONTOGENY noun

Definition of ontogeny (noun)

1. (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"
   • synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis
   • antonym: nondevelopment