English Explanatory Dictionary

histogeny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Histogenesis.
noun
  1. The study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

Word forms

histogeny histogenies

Etymology

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

Antonyms

histophyly
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