noun
Meaning 1
Histogenesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable, usually
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histogeny
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noun
Meaning 2
The study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare, uncountable
Qualifier: theory of recapitulation
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology
From histo- (“biological tissue”) + -geny (“origin”).
Learned borrowing from German Histogenie, itself from histo- + -genie; equivalent to histo- (“biological tissue”) + -geny (“origin”).