Histogeny
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Histogeny is a noun meaning (dated) Histogenesis.
Meaning
(dated) Histogenesis.
More Meanings
- (historical, biology, theory of recapitulation, rare) The study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Word Forms
- histogenies
Antonyms for histogeny
Common opposites include histophyly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include histogenomics, histogen, histogenesis, orthogenetics, merogeny, ethnogeny.
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