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diergism

diergism noun: the existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.

Noun

diergism (uncountable)

  1. The existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.
    • Similarly‚ there is sexual diergism of GH secretion between men and women indicating phylogenetic conservation of neuroendocrine hormone rhythms.2004, Malcolm J. Low, Marcelo Rubinstein, Veronica Otero-Corchon, “Altered patterns of growth hormone secretion in somatostatin knockout mice”, in Somatostatin, →ISBN
    • Feeding diergism is not unprecedented in snakes (Zinner 1984, Tsairi & BOuskILa 2004) and, especially in view of the FMR in size, could conceivably occur and cause broader black rings in female Micrelaps muelleri.2006, Zoology in the Middle East - Volumes 37-39, page 44

Origin of diergism

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ism.

Questions about diergism

What does diergism mean?
Diergism means the existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.
What part of speech is diergism?
Diergism is a noun.

Words near diergism in the dictionary

  1. Dierdre
  2. diereses
  3. dieresis
  4. dieretic
  5. diergic
  6. diergism
  7. Dieri
  8. diers
  9. dies
  10. dies a death
  11. dies a thousand deaths

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