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Meaning of XENOGENESIS

Pronunciation:  `zenu'jenisis

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 Definition: [n]  the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
 
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 Synonyms: alternation of generations, heterogenesis
 
 See Also: digenesis, metagenesis, organic phenomenon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Xen`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. xe`nos a stranger + E.
genesis.] (Biol.)
(a) Same as {Heterogenesis}.
(b) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an
    organism of another. --Huxley.
 
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