ontogenesis

English

Traditional idealised representation of the comparative ontogenesis of vertebrate embryos. From left to right in columns: fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammals

Etymology

From onto- +‎ -genesis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏn′tō-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: on‧to‧gen‧e‧sis

Noun

ontogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural ontogeneses)

1. The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood.

Synonyms

• ontogeny

Derived terms

• dysontogenesis

Translations

development of an individual organism

• Czech: ontogeneze (cs) f
• Dutch: ontogenese (nl) f
• Estonian: ontogenees (et), isendiareng
• Finnish: yksilönkehitys (fi), ontogeneesi (fi), ontogenia (fi)
• French: ontogénie (fr) f, ontogenèse (fr) f
• German: Ontogenie (de) f, Ontogenese (de) f
• Hebrew: אוֹנְטוֹגֶנֶזָה f
• Hungarian: egyedfejlődés (hu), ontogenezis (hu)
• Irish: ontaigineas m
• Italian: ontogenesi (it) f
• Kazakh: онтогенез (ontogenez), жекедаму (jekedamu)
• Occitan: ontogenèsi f
• Serbo-Croatian: ontogèneza (sh) f, ontogènija (sh) f
• Slovak: ontogenéza f, ontogénia f
• Spanish: ontogenia (es) f

See also

• phylogenesis

Anagrams

• tonogenesis