life cycle
entomology, pathology 1. the successive stages (—see instar, stadium) through which an organism passes from fertilized ovum or spore to the fertilized ovum or spore of the next generation —see disease cycle, life history, metamorphosis 2. the period of time taken to go through this set of changes —see bivoltine, multivoltine, univoltineThis definition last updated 07/01/2008