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ontogeny
noun
(on-tog-e-ny)
(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
Synonyms:
development
,
growing
,
growth
,
maturation
,
ontogenesis
,
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