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hypermorphosis

hypermorphosis noun: extended morphosis.

Noun

hypermorphosis

  1. Extended morphosis
    • There are three classes of changes to developmentally accomplish paedo- or peramorphosis: (1) progenesis or hypermorphosis, where maturation with respect to the trait is reached early in the former and continues late in the latter; (2) neoteny or acceleration, where development occurs more slowly...2016 February 18, “Shape Ontogeny of the Distal Femur in the Hominidae with Implications for the Evolution of Bipedality”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

hypermorphosis meaning in Tamil

hypermorphosis in Tamil

அதிபரவுருமாற்றம்

Origin of hypermorphosis

From hyper- + morphosis.

Questions about hypermorphosis

What does hypermorphosis mean?
Hypermorphosis means extended morphosis.
What is hypermorphosis in Tamil?
Hypermorphosis in Tamil is அதிபரவுருமாற்றம். See Hypermorphosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypermorphosis?
Hypermorphosis is a noun.

Words near hypermorphosis in the dictionary

  1. hypermorons
  2. hypermorph
  3. hypermorphic
  4. hypermorphism
  5. hypermorphisms
  6. hypermorphosis
  7. hypermorphs
  8. hypermortality
  9. hypermotile
  10. hypermotility
  11. hypermotion

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