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Ontogenesis
(On`to*gen"e*sis On*tog"e*ny) n. [See Ontology, and Genesis.] (Biol.) 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.
Ontogenetic
(On`to*ge*net"ic) a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena.
— On`to*ge*net"ic*al*ly adv.
Ontogenic
(On`to*gen"ic) a. (Biol.) Ontogenetic.
Ontologic
(On`to*log"ic) a. Ontological.
Ontological
(On`to*log"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. ontologique.] Of or pertaining to ontology.
Ontologically
(On`*to*log"ic*al*ly), adv. In an ontological manner.
Ontologist
(On*tol"o*gist) n. [Cf.F. ontologiste.] One who is versed in or treats of ontology. Edin.
Rev.
Ontology
(On*tol"o*gy) n. [Gr. the things which exist (pl.neut. of being, p. pr. of to be) + - logy: cf.F.
ontologie.] That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature
and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
Onus
(||O"nus) n. [L.] A burden; an obligation.
||Onus probandi [L.], obligation to furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof.
Onward
(On"ward) a.
1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward
course, progress, etc.
2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor.
Sir P. Sidney. Onward
(On"ward), adv. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
Not one looks backward, onward still he goes.
Pope. Onwardness
(On"ward*ness), n. Progress; advancement.
Onwards
(On"wards) adv. [See -wards.] Onward.
Ony
(On"y) a. Any. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Onycha
(On"y*cha) n. [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a kind of mussel, Gr. . See Onyx.]
1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. Ex. xxx.
34.
2. The precious stone called onyx. [R.]
Onychia
(||O*nych"i*a) n. [NL. See Onyx.] (Med.) (a) A whitlow. (b) An affection of a finger or toe,
attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
