physiophyly
nounEtymology 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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Biology, Natural sciences Historical, Rare The direct study of the evolution of functions and vital activities rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Theory of recapitulation
- Antonyms
- morphophyly, physiogeny
- Hypernyms
- tribal history
- Coordinate terms
- morphophyly