ontogeny vs myelinization

myelinization vs ontogeny

ontogeny and myelinization both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ontogeny	Yes	No	No	No
myelinization	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, myelinization is a hyponym of ontogeny; that is, myelinization is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ontogeny:

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
myelinization: the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber

Other hyponyms of ontogeny include culture, amelogenesis, angiogenesis, apposition, auxesis, anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, inflorescence, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, cohesion, cultivation, cytogenesis, cytogeny, foliation, leafing, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, sprouting, habit, infructescence, intussusception, juvenescence, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation, virilization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, neurogenesis, palingenesis, recapitulation, proliferation, psychogenesis, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, rooting, suppression, dentition, odontiasis, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation.

ontogeny (noun)	myelinization (noun)
(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	the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber

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