Histogeny

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Histogenesis. dated, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    The study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny. historical, rare, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From histo- (“biological tissue”) + -geny (“origin”).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from German Histogenie, itself from histo- + -genie; equivalent to histo- (“biological tissue”) + -geny (“origin”).

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