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histogeny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
his-toge-ny
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Histogenesis.

Dated; Uncountable

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

histogenies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

organogeny blastogeny cormogeny

Antonyms

histophyly

Questions

What does histogeny mean?
Histogenesis.
Where does histogeny come from?
From histo- (“biological tissue”) + -geny (“origin”).

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