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orthoplasy

orthoplasy noun: a theory of evolution, stating that that individual modifications supplement, protect, or screen organic characters and keep them alive until useful congenital variations arise and survive by natural selection, and that this process, combined in many cases with 'tradition', gives direction to evolution.

Noun

orthoplasy (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A theory of evolution, stating that that individual modifications supplement, protect, or screen organic characters and keep them alive until useful congenital variations arise and survive by natural selection, and that this process, combined in many cases with 'tradition', gives direction to evolution.

Questions about orthoplasy

What does orthoplasy mean?
Orthoplasy means a theory of evolution, stating that that individual modifications supplement, protect, or screen organic characters and keep them alive until useful congenital variations arise and survive by natural selection, and that this process, combined in many cases with 'tradition', gives direction to evolution.
What part of speech is orthoplasy?
Orthoplasy is a noun.

Words near orthoplasy in the dictionary

  1. orthopic
  2. orthopically
  3. orthopinacoid
  4. orthopinacoids
  5. orthopinakiolite
  6. orthoplasy
  7. orthoplex
  8. orthoplexes
  9. orthoplices
  10. orthoploid
  11. orthopnea

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