ONTOGENETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ontogenetic mean? 

• ONTOGENETIC (adjective)
  The adjective ONTOGENETIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms

  Familiarity information: ONTOGENETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONTOGENETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

ontogenetic development

Pertainym:

ontogeny ((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)

Derivation:

ontogenesis; ontogeny ((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)