histophyly
The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues rather…The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Meaning
1 senses(historical, rare, uncountable)The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Origin
Simplified learned borrowing from German Histophylogenie, itself from histo- + Phylogenie;Simplified learned borrowing from German Histophylogenie, itself from histo- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of histo- + phylogeny to histo- (“biological tissue”) + -phyly (“tribehood”).
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Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable