ONTOGENESIS
\ˌɒntə͡ʊd͡ʒˈɛnɪsˌɪs], \ˌɒntəʊdʒˈɛnɪsˌɪs], \ˌɒ_n_t_əʊ_dʒ_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of ONTOGENESIS
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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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The origin and development of the individual living being. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).