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ONTOGENETIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms
Example:
ontogenetic development
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
ontogeny ((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)
Derivation:
ontogenesis; ontogeny ((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)
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