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embryonization

embryonization noun: modification to an embryonic form.

Noun

embryonization (uncountable)

  1. Modification to an embryonic form.
    • Matsuda (1987, p. 28) reviewed the reallocation processes within organisms associated with a life-history specialization called “embryonization” (growth of larvae within eggs), representing an evolutionary change from production of many small to fewer large eggs. In Hydra, embryonization leads to...2003, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

Origin of embryonization

From embryo- + -ization.

Questions about embryonization

What does embryonization mean?
Embryonization means modification to an embryonic form.
What part of speech is embryonization?
Embryonization is a noun.

Words near embryonization in the dictionary

  1. embryonid
  2. embryonies
  3. embryoniferous
  4. embryoniform
  5. embryonism
  6. embryonization
  7. embryons
  8. embryony
  9. embryopathic
  10. embryopathies
  11. embryopathological

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