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myelinization vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs myelinization

myelinization and ontogeny both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
myelinization Yes No No No
ontogeny Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogeny is a hypernym of myelinization; that is, ontogeny is a word with a broader meaning than myelinization:
  • myelinization: the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
  • ontogeny: (biology) 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
Other hypernyms of myelinization include development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis.
myelinization (noun) ontogeny (noun)
the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber (biology) 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
Difference between myelinization and ontogeny

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