Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meckel-serres law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: meck-el-ser-res law
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The theory of recapitulationism, according to which "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny".

Etymology

It was formulated in the 1820s by Étienne Serres based on the work of Johann Friedrich Meckel.

Inflected Forms

the Meckel-Serres law (canonical)

Questions

What does meckel-serres law mean?: The theory of recapitulationism, according to which "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny".
Where does meckel-serres law come from?: It was formulated in the 1820s by Étienne Serres based on the work of Johann Friedrich Meckel.

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