morphogeny
The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation…The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Meaning
1 senses(historical, rare, uncountable, usually)The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Simplified learned borrowing from German Morphontogenie, itself from morpho- + Ontogenie;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.
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Forms
plural: morphogenies| Singular | morphogeny |
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uncountable
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedgeomorphogeny
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable