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ontogeny
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(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…
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ɒnˈtɒdʒəni
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noun
(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”
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He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
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