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morphogeny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-phogeny
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Simplified learned borrowing from German Morphontogenie, itself from morpho- + Ontogenie; equivalent to a reduction of morpho- + ontogeny to morpho- (“shape”) + -geny (“origin”). The simplification means that the term is also used to translate German Morphogenie, the distinction between Morphontogenie and Morphogenie not being made in English.

Usage

Inflected Forms

morphogenies (plural)

Derived Forms

geomorphogeny

Frequently Paired Words

physiogeny

Antonyms

physiogeny morphophyly

Questions

What does morphogeny mean?
The study of the evolution of forms by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.
Where does morphogeny come from?
Simplified learned borrowing from German Morphontogenie, itself from morpho- + Ontogenie; equivalent to a reduction of morpho- + ontogeny to morpho- (“shape”) + -geny (“origin”). The simplification means that the term is also used to translate German Morphogenie, the distinction between Morphontogenie and Morphogenie not being made in English.

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