Definition of development

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Development (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization..

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Blossom :: Blossom (n.) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
Self-evolution :: Self-evolution (n.) Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.
Ontogeny :: Ontogeny (n.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny..
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.
Agenesis :: Agenesis (n.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization..
Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..
Cicatricle :: Cicatricle (n.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
Unorganized :: Unorganized (a.) Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1..
Pathogeny :: Pathogeny (n.) That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease.
Ledgment :: Ledgment (n.) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained..
Blastula :: Blastula (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.
Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.
Gamomorphism :: Gamomorphism (n.) That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species..
Method :: Method (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual..
Monogenesis :: Monogenesis (n.) Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism..
Planula :: Planula (n.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula..
Philology :: Philology (n.) The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science..
Family :: Family (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order..
#NAME? :: -plasty () A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty..
Plantule :: Plantule (n.) The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
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