Ontogeny and Reduction

Ontogeny

Ontogeny 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.

Reduction is an antonym for ontogeny in growth topic.

Nearby Word: ontogenesis

Reduction

Reduction noun - Something that is or may be subtracted.

Ontogeny is an antonym for reduction.

Nearby Words: reduce, reducing, reductive, reductionist
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