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heterogenesis en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English heterogenesis From hetero- + -genesis.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Abnormal organic development.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Abiogenesis.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Spontaneous generation.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.

Forms

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Antonyms

homogenesis

Deriveds

heterogenetic

Relateds

orthogenesis · monogenesis · parthenogenesis

Synonyms

metagenesis · alternation of generations