developmental biology

noun

: a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and mechanisms that control and influence the development and growth of organisms especially from a molecular, cellular, or genetic perspective see evolutionary developmental biology

developmental biologist noun

Examples of developmental biology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells developmental biology What Makes Life Tick? —Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025

Barlow received a bachelor's degree in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's in genetics and developmental biology from Cornell University. —Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025

And that’s probably most beautifully demonstrated in the field of developmental biology, and particularly the process of morphogenesis. —Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024

Kingsley is the Rudy J. and Daphne Donohue Munzer Professor in the department of developmental biology at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. —Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for developmental biology

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Medical Definition

developmental biology

noun

: a discipline of biology concerned with the processes and mechanisms that control and influence the development and growth of organisms especially from a molecular, cellular, or genetic perspective

developmental biologist noun