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germ history

germ history noun: ontogeny, specifically as a supposed recapitulation of phylogeny.

Noun

germ history (countable and uncountable, plural germ histories)

  1. (historical, rare, theory of recapitulation) Ontogeny, specifically as a supposed recapitulation of phylogeny.
    Antonyms:
    tribal history

Antonyms of germ history

Forms of germ history

pluralgerm histories
alternative formgerm-history

Origin of germ history

Calque of German Keimesgeschichte, from Keim (“germ”) + Geschichte (“history”).

Questions about germ history

What does germ history mean?
Germ history means ontogeny, specifically as a supposed recapitulation of phylogeny.
What part of speech is germ history?
Germ history is a noun.
What is the plural of germ history?
The plural of germ history is germ histories.

Words near germ history in the dictionary

  1. Gerloffs
  2. germ
  3. germ cell
  4. germ cells
  5. germ histories
  6. germ history
  7. germ layer
  8. germ layers
  9. germ line
  10. germ lines
  11. germ plasm

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