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morphogenies

morphogenies is the plural of morphogeny.

Meaning of morphogeny

Noun

morphogeny (usually uncountable, plural morphogenies)

  1. (historical, rare, usually, theory of recapitulation) The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
    • Es wird daher erst die Aufgabe einer zukünftigen Physiogenie sein, die Entwickelungsgeschichte der Functionen mit gleichem Eifer und Erfolge in Angriff zu nehmen, wie dies für die Entwickelungsgeschichte der Formen von der Morphogenie längst geschehen ist.1874, Ernst Haeckel, “Das Grundgesetz der organischen Entwickelung” (chapter I), in Anthropogenie; oder, Entwickelungsgeschichte des Menschen. Gemeinverständliche wissenschaftliche Vorträge über die...

Questions about morphogenies

What is morphogenies the plural of?
Morphogenies is the plural of morphogeny.

Words near morphogenies in the dictionary

  1. morphogenetically
  2. morphogenetics
  3. morphogenic
  4. morphogenically
  5. morphogenicity
  6. morphogenies
  7. morphogens
  8. morphogenus
  9. morphogeny
  10. morphogeographic
  11. morphogeographical

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