DICTIONARY ENTRY
5 SYLLABLES
ontogenesis
/,ɑntə'dʒɛnɪsɪs/ · ɑntədʒɛnɪsɪs
Ontogenesis has 5 syllables: on · to · gen · e · sis.
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to
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sis
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noun. (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.
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