ontogenesis

Definitions of ontogenesis

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
   synonyms: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny

   types:

   culture

   (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)

   amelogenesis

   the developmental process of forming tooth enamel

   angiogenesis

   the formation of new blood vessels

   apposition

   (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

   auxesis

   growth from increase in cell size without cell division

   anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence

   the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

   caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis

   introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)

   cohesion

   (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

   cultivation

   the process of fostering the growth of something

   cytogenesis, cytogeny

   the origin and development and variation of cells

   foliation, leafing

   (botany) the process of forming leaves

   fructification

   the bearing of fruit

   gametogenesis

   the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis

   germination, sprouting

   the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

   habit

   the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)

   infructescence

   the fruiting stage of the inflorescence

   intussusception

   (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall

   juvenescence

   the process of growing into a youth

   life cycle

   the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced

   masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization

   the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)

   morphogenesis

   differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)

   myelinisation, myelinization

   the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber

   neurogenesis

   the development of nerve tissues

   palingenesis, recapitulation

   emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

   proliferation

   growth by the rapid multiplication of parts

   psychogenesis

   a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind

   psychogenesis

   the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors

   psychomotor development

   progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities

   psychosexual development

   (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage

   rooting

   the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow

   suppression

   the failure to develop some part or organ

   dentition, odontiasis, teething

   the eruption through the gums of baby teeth

   teratogenesis

   the development of defects in an embryo

   vegetation

   the process of growth in plants

   starter

   a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough

   oogenesis

   development of ova

   precocious dentition

   teething at an earlier age than expected

   spermatogenesis

   development of spermatozoa

   type of:

   biological process, organic process

   a process occurring in living organisms