blastogeny

noun — 2 senses

blastogeny

noun

Etymology From blasto- (“growth”) + -geny (“origin”).

Dated, Usually Blastogenesis.

blastogeny

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from German Blastogenie, itself from blasto- + -genie; equivalent to blasto- (“biological organs”) + -geny (“origin”).

Biology, Natural sciences Historical, Rare, Usually The study of the evolution of the forms of entire individuals by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

Theory of recapitulation

Antonyms: blastophyly
Hypernyms: morphogeny
Coordinate terms: histogeny, organogeny, cormogeny

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