ABIOGENESIS | • abiogenesis n. (Evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does… • ABIOGENESIS n. the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter. |
AUTOGENESIS | • autogenesis n. (Biology) The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter. • AUTOGENESIS n. spontaneous generation. |
CENOGENESIS | • cenogenesis n. Alternative spelling of caenogenesis. • CENOGENESIS n. the introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species, also CAENOGENESIS, KAINOGENESIS, KENOGENESIS. |
CYTOGENESIS | • cytogenesis n. The formation, development, and variation of cells. • CYTOGENESIS n. the formation of cells. |
ECTOGENESIS | • ectogenesis n. The development of an organism in an artificial environment outside the body in which it naturally grows. • ECTOGENESIS n. variation in response to outside conditions. |
GAMOGENESIS | • gamogenesis n. Sexual reproduction. • GAMOGENESIS n. sexual reproduction. |
GYNOGENESIS | • gynogenesis n. (Biology) Female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure… • GYNOGENESIS n. reproduction in which a sperm penetrates an ovum but their nuclei do not fuse, and the embryo develops with maternal chromosomes only. |
HOMOGENESIS | • homogenesis n. (Biology) A method of reproduction in which the parents and offspring are alike. • HOMOGENESIS n. a mode of reproduction in which the offspring is like the parent, and passes through the same cycle of existence. |
HYLOGENESIS | • hylogenesis n. (Philosophy) The origin of matter. • HYLOGENESIS n. the origin of matter. |
KENOGENESIS | • kenogenesis n. Alternative form of caenogenesis. • KENOGENESIS n. the state where adaptations to the needs of the young stages develop early, and disappear in the adult stage, also CAENOGENESIS, CENOGENESIS, KAINOGENESIS. |
KETOGENESIS | • ketogenesis n. (Physiology, biochemistry) The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies. • KETOGENESIS n. the production of ketone, esp. in diabetes. |
LIPOGENESIS | • lipogenesis n. (Biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat… • LIPOGENESIS n. the formation of fat in the body. |
MEROGENESIS | • merogenesis n. (Biology) reproduction by segmentation. • MEROGENESIS n. segmentation. |
MONOGENESIS | • monogenesis n. (Anthropology) The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple. • monogenesis n. (Linguistics) The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source. • monogenesis n. (Biology, medicine) Development of the ovum from a parent like itself. |
ONCOGENESIS | • oncogenesis n. (Medicine) The formation and development of tumors. • ONCOGENESIS n. the production of cancerous tumours. |
ONTOGENESIS | • ontogenesis n. The generation and development of an individual organism by the characteristic process of ontogeny associated… • ONTOGENESIS n. the origin and development of a single individual organism. |
PEDOGENESIS | • pedogenesis n. (Geology) Process of the formation of soil. • pedogenesis n. (Biology) Larval or preadult reproduction in some insects. • PEDOGENESIS n. the process of soil generation. |
XENOGENESIS | • xenogenesis n. A foreign origin or source. • xenogenesis n. (Biology) The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents. • XENOGENESIS n. the supposed production of offspring totally different from the parents, also XENOGENY. |
ZYMOGENESIS | • zymogenesis n. The transformation of a zymogen into an enzyme. • ZYMOGENESIS n. the conversion of a zymogen into an enzyme. |