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ontogeny

/ɑnˈtɑdʒəni/ · 8 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. 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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