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Meaning of CENOGENESIS

Pronunciation:  `seenu'jenisis

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 Definition: [n]  introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
 
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 Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis
 
 Antonyms: palingenesis, recapitulation
 
 See Also: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

 

 

 

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