Ontogenesis
Pronunciation : On`to*gen"e*sis, On*tog"e*ny
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Ontology, and Genesis.] (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913