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Physiophyly

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  1. 1
    The direct study of the evolution of functions and vital activities rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation. historical, rare, uncountable

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Simplified learned borrowing from German Physiophylogenie, itself from physio- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of physio- + phylogeny to physio- (“nature”) + -phyly (“tribehood”).

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