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organogeny

organogeny noun: organogenesis.

Noun (1)

organogeny (usually uncountable, plural organogenies)

  1. (dated, usually) Organogenesis.

Noun (2)

organogeny (usually uncountable, plural organogenies)

  1. (historical, usually, theory of recapitulation) The study of the evolution of the forms of biological organs and systems of organs by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

organogeny meaning in Tamil

organogeny in Tamil

உறுப்புத் தோற்றம்

Antonyms of organogeny

Forms of organogeny

pluralorganogenies

Origin of organogeny

From organo- (“biological organs”) + -geny (“origin”).

Learned borrowing from German Organogenie, itself from organo- + -genie; equivalent to organo- (“biological organs”) + -geny (“origin”).

Questions about organogeny

What does organogeny mean?
Organogeny means organogenesis.
What is organogeny in Tamil?
Organogeny in Tamil is உறுப்புத் தோற்றம். See Organogeny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is organogeny?
Organogeny is a noun.
What is the plural of organogeny?
The plural of organogeny is organogenies.

Words near organogeny in the dictionary

  1. organogenies
  2. organogenist
  3. organogenists
  4. organogenous
  5. organogens
  6. organogeny
  7. organogermane
  8. organogermanes
  9. organogermanium
  10. organogold
  11. organogram

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Adapted from Wiktionary: organogeny (page history and authors); organogeny (Tamil 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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