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dysontogenesis

dysontogenesis noun: the defective development of an embryo.

Noun

dysontogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The defective development of an embryo.

Origin of dysontogenesis

From dys- + ontogenesis.

Questions about dysontogenesis

What does dysontogenesis mean?
Dysontogenesis means the defective development of an embryo.
What part of speech is dysontogenesis?
Dysontogenesis is a noun.

Words near dysontogenesis in the dictionary

  1. Dyson tree
  2. Dyson trees
  3. Dyson-Harrop satellite
  4. Dyson-Harrop satellites
  5. Dysons
  6. dysontogenesis
  7. dysontogenetic
  8. dysontogenic
  9. dysopia
  10. dysopsia
  11. dysopsy

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