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How to say: ontogeny
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Ontogeny
Syllables
ontogeny
US accent
/ɑːntˈɑːdʒɛni/
UK accent
/ɒntˈɒdʒɛni/
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Definition
Definition — (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
e.g. “he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”