Life Cycle
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
Framework senses
- §1
- a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
- §2
- the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 7 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be producedDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column