ONTOGENESIS
Scrabble letter values: O1N1T1O1G2E1N1E1S1I1S1 = 12
Definition
- noun (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically. — synonyms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny
Examples
- “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”