ontogeny noun.
[ɒn'tɒdʒǝni] L19.[from ONTO- + -GENY.]1. Biology. The origin and development of the individual organism; ontogenesis.
L19.■ J. B. Watson The recapitulation theory..holds..that ontogeny repeats phylogeny.2. The branch of science that deals with ontogenesis.
L19. ■ onto'genic adjective =
ONTOGENETIC L19. ■ onto'genically adverb L19. ■ ontogenist noun L19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲