physiophyly en · NOUN
Etymology
Simplified learned borrowing from German Physiophylogenie, itself from physio- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of physio- + phylogeny to physio- (“nature”) + -phyly (“tribehood”).
Meanings
- (historical, qualifier:theory of recapitulation, rare, uncountable) The direct study of the evolution of functions and vital activities rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.