ontogeny

Plural: ontogenies

Noun

• The developmental history or origin of an organism.
• (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
• Synonym of ontogenesis.

Examples

• Understanding the ontogeny of his opponent’s vocabulary was key to victory.

Synonyms

development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis

Antonyms

nondevelopment

Related Words

phylogeny