#maturation__growth__growing__development__ontogeny__ontogenesis__ontogenesi  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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
  exclusion:  nondevelopment
  supertype:  organic_process__organicproces__biological_process  a process occurring in living organisms
  part:  gastrulation
  subtype:  amelogenesis  the developmental process of forming tooth enamel
  subtype:  angiogenesis  the formation of new blood vessels
  subtype:  apposition  (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
  subtype:  auxesis__auxesi  growth from increase in cell size without cell division
  subtype:  blossoming__flowering__florescence__anthesis__efflorescence  the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
  subtype:  cenogenesis__cenogenesi__kenogenesis__kenogenesi__caenogenesis__cainogenesis__kainogenesis  introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
  subtype:  cytogenesis  the origin and development of cells
  subtype:  leafing__foliation  the process of forming leaves
  subtype:  fructification  the bearing of fruit
  subtype:  gametogenesis__gametogenesi  the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis
     subtype:  oogenesis__oogenesi  development of ova
     subtype:  spermatogenesis__spermatogenesi  development of spermatozoa
  subtype:  germination__sprouting  the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  subtype:  intussusception  (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
  subtype:  juvenescence  the process of growing into a youth
  subtype:  life_cycle.maturation__lifecycle  the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
  subtype:  masculinization__masculinisation__virilization__virilisation  the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
  subtype:  morphogenesis__morphogenesi  differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
  subtype:  myelinization__myelinisation  the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
  subtype:  neurogenesis  the development of nerve tissues
  subtype:  palingenesis__recapitulation  emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
  subtype:  proliferation  growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
  subtype:  psychomotor_development__psychomotordevelopment  progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities
  subtype:  psychosexual_development  (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage
  subtype:  rooting  the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
  subtype:  teething__dentition__odontiasis  the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
     subtype:  precocious_dentition  teething at an earlier age than expected
  subtype:  teratogenesis__teratogenesi  the development of defects in an embryo

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