procreation
nounEtymology From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.
1
Usually The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
2
Usually The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
- Synonyms
- reproduction
- Derived terms
- family of procreation, nonprocreation, procreational, procreationist
- Related terms
- creation, procreant, procreate, procreating, procreative, procreator, propagation