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noun
Abnormal organic development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Abiogenesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Spontaneous generation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: metagenesis, alternation of generations
Antonyms: homogenesis
noun
the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: alternation of generations, xenogenesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic phenomenon
Narrower terms: metagenesis, digenesis
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English heterogenesis From hetero- + -genesis.
