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henogenesis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ontogenesis \On`to*gen"e*sis\, Ontogeny \On*tog"e*ny\, n. [See {Ontology}, and {Genesis}.] (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also {henogenesis}, {henogeny}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Henoge ny \He*nog"e* ny\, Henogenesis \Hen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. e"i`s, masc., "e`n, neut., one + root of ? to be born.] (Biol.) Same as {Ontogeny}.
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