morphogeny

English

Etymology

morpho- +‎ -geny

Noun

morphogeny (usually uncountable, plural morphogenies)

(biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny.
- 1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man
  Morphogeny has long ago undertaken the study of the history of the evolution of forms

Translations

history of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny

French: morphogénie (fr) f

References

“morphogeny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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