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cryptogenesis

cryptogenesis noun: the generation of crypts.

Noun

cryptogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The generation of crypts

Origin of cryptogenesis

From crypto- + -genesis.

Questions about cryptogenesis

What does cryptogenesis mean?
Cryptogenesis means the generation of crypts.
What part of speech is cryptogenesis?
Cryptogenesis is a noun.

Words near cryptogenesis in the dictionary

  1. cryptogamists
  2. cryptogamous
  3. cryptogams
  4. cryptogamy
  5. cryptogein
  6. cryptogenesis
  7. cryptogenetic
  8. cryptogenic
  9. cryptogenicity
  10. cryptogenous
  11. cryptoglandular

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