onto-, ont-

(Greek: a being, individual; being, existence)

ontocycle
ontogenesis
ontogenetic
ontogenize
ontogeny
ontogeny, ontogenetic, ontogenetically
1. The course of development of an individual organism.
2. The history or science of the development of the individual being; embryology.
Ontogeny diagram of progress.

  1. Ontogeny: development of an individual from the moment the egg is fertilized up till adulthood.
  2. Opaque area: non-transparent part.
  3. Pellucid area: transparent part.
  4. Neural fold: fold related to the head.
  5. Neural tube: extension related to the head.
  6. Heart: blood-pumping organ.
  7. Somites: metameres.
  8. Omphalomesenteric arteries: vitelline duct.
  9. Wing buds: beginning of the formation of the wings.
  10. Limb buds: beginning of the formation of the legs.
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ontography, ontographic
A description of the nature and essence of things.
ontologism
The doctrine that we have an immediate and certain knowledge of God.
ontology
ontology, ontological, ontologically, ontologist
The philosophical study of the nature of being.
ontonomy
The science of being.
ontosophy
The knowledge of being; ontology.
ontotheology, ontotheological
The cognition of a Supreme Being from bare conceptions.
paleontographic
The description of fossil remains.
paleontology
1. The study of ancient life on earth; the study of fossils.
2. The study of life in prehistoric times by using fossil evidence.

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