Ectogenesis

Quick meaning: Ectogenesis is a noun meaning The development of an organism in an artificial environment outside the body in which it naturally grows.

Meaning

The development of an organism in an artificial environment outside the body in which it naturally grows.

Example Sentences

If reproductive technology could offer some form of ectogenesis, would feminists regard it as a liberating reproductive option?

Complete ectogenesis is already excluded. Partial ectogenesis is the continued development of an already generated human being in an artificial womb after transfer from a maternal womb.

Ectogenesis is a genesis “outside” the maternal body. The “outside” can be artificial (machine), which I address in this chapter, or another bodily environment (man or animal), which I will address in the next chapter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ontogenesis, epigenesis, endogenesis, autogenesis, endogeny, exogeny.

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