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pangenesis

pangenesis noun: a mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.

Noun

pangenesis (uncountable)

  1. A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.

pangenesis meaning in Tamil and Urdu

pangenesis in Tamil

உறுப்பு மரபுக்கோட்பாடு, சர்வபிறப்புக்கொள்கை

pangenesis in Urdu

pangenesis
وراثت virāsat

Origin of pangenesis

From pan- + genesis.

Questions about pangenesis

What does pangenesis mean?
Pangenesis means a mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization.
What is pangenesis in Tamil?
Pangenesis in Tamil is உறுப்பு மரபுக்கோட்பாடு, சர்வபிறப்புக்கொள்கை. See Pangenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pangenesis?
Pangenesis is a noun.

Words near pangenesis in the dictionary

  1. pangen
  2. pangender
  3. pangendered
  4. pangene
  5. pangenes
  6. pangenesis
  7. pangenetic
  8. pangenetically
  9. pangeni
  10. pangenome
  11. pangenomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pangenesis (page history and authors); pangenesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); وراثت (Urdu) (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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