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
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Wordset Dictionary
a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
NIST SP 800-171r3attested 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.
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Life Cycles
- possessive
- Life Cycle's
- pluralpossessive
- Life Cycles'