Synonyms for "ontogenesis" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

ontogeny

adaptation

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)

developmentgrowing

genesis

Related words (4)

growthontogeny

Noun(2 words)

growthmaturation

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

2 entries

biological processorganic process

Synonyms

2 entries

growthontogeny

Related terms

1 entries

phylogenesis

derived

1 entries

dysontogenesis

related to

4 entries

arisingdevelopmentorganismphylogenesis

Translations

24 translations across 15 languages.

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Czech

1 entries

• ontogeneze noun (development of an individual organism)

Dutch

1 entries

• ontogenese noun (development of an individual organism)

Estonian

2 entries

• isendiareng noun (development of an individual organism)
• ontogenees noun (development of an individual organism)

Finnish

3 entries

• ontogeneesi noun (development of an individual organism)
• ontogenia noun (development of an individual organism)
• yksilönkehitys noun (development of an individual organism)

French

2 entries

• ontogenèse noun (development of an individual organism)
• ontogénie noun (development of an individual organism)

German

2 entries

• Ontogenese noun (development of an individual organism)
• Ontogenie noun (development of an individual organism)

Hebrew

1 entries

• אוֹנְטוֹגֶנֶזָה noun (development of an individual organism)

Hungarian

2 entries

• egyedfejlődés noun (development of an individual organism)
• ontogenezis noun (development of an individual organism)

Irish

1 entries

• ontaigineas noun (development of an individual organism)

Italian

1 entries

• ontogenesi noun (development of an individual organism)

Kazakh

2 entries

• жекедаму noun (development of an individual organism)
• онтогенез noun (development of an individual organism)

Occitan

1 entries

• ontogenèsi noun (development of an individual organism)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• ontogèneza noun (development of an individual organism)
• ontogènija noun (development of an individual organism)

Slovak

2 entries

• ontogenéza noun (development of an individual organism)
• ontogénia noun (development of an individual organism)

Spanish

1 entries

• ontogenia noun (development of an individual organism)

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