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heterogenesis

heterogenesis noun: abnormal organic development.

Noun

heterogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural heterogeneses)

  1. Abnormal organic development.
  2. Abiogenesis.
  3. Spontaneous generation.
  4. The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.
    Antonyms:
    homogenesis

heterogenesis meaning in Tamil and Kannada

heterogenesis in Tamil

முரண்பிறப்பு

heterogenesis in Kannada

ವಿಜಾತೀಯ ಜನನ, ಹೊಸತಳಿಯಿಂದ ಜನನ

Synonyms of heterogenesis

Antonyms

Forms of heterogenesis

pluralheterogeneses

Origin of heterogenesis

From hetero- + -genesis.

Words formed from heterogenesis

Questions about heterogenesis

What does heterogenesis mean?
Heterogenesis means abnormal organic development.
What is heterogenesis in Tamil?
Heterogenesis in Tamil is முரண்பிறப்பு. See Heterogenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterogenesis?
Heterogenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of heterogenesis?
The plural of heterogenesis is heterogeneses.

Words near heterogenesis in the dictionary

  1. heterogeneous mixtures
  2. heterogeneously
  3. heterogeneousness
  4. heterogeneric
  5. heterogeneses
  6. heterogenesis
  7. heterogenetic
  8. heterogenetically
  9. heterogenic
  10. heterogenicity
  11. heterogenies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterogenesis (page history and authors); heterogenesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterogenesis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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