ontogenetic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms

   “ontogenetic development”

Questions about ontogenetic

What does ontogenetic mean?

ontogenetic means "of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms".

How many syllables are in ontogenetic?

ontogenetic has 5 syllables and divides as on-to-ge-ne-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is ontogenetic a common word?

ontogenetic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.