morphogeny
morphogeny noun: the study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Noun
morphogeny (usually uncountable, plural morphogenies)
- 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...
Antonyms of morphogeny
Forms of morphogeny
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Origin of morphogeny
Simplified learned borrowing from German Morphontogenie, itself from morpho- + Ontogenie; equivalent to a reduction of morpho- + ontogeny to morpho- (“shape”) + -geny (“origin”). The simplification means that the term is also used to translate German Morphogenie, the distinction between Morphontogenie and Morphogenie not being made in English.
Words formed from morphogeny
Questions about morphogeny
- What does morphogeny mean?
- Morphogeny means the study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
- What part of speech is morphogeny?
- Morphogeny is a noun.
- What is the plural of morphogeny?
- The plural of morphogeny is morphogenies.
Words near morphogeny in the dictionary
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