Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectogenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-to-ge-n-e-sis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The development of an organism in an artificial environment outside the body in which it naturally grows.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If reproductive technology could offer some form of ectogenesis, would feminists regard it as a liberating reproductive option?"
"Complete ectogenesis is already excluded. Partial ectogenesis is the continued development of an already generated human being in an artificial womb after transfer from a maternal womb."
"Ectogenesis is a genesis “outside” the maternal body. The “outside” can be artificial (machine), which I address in this chapter, or another bodily environment (man or animal), which I will address in the next chapter."

Etymology

From ecto- (“outside-”) + -genesis. The modern biological sense was coined by British biologist J. B. S. Haldane in 1923 in the lecture that formed his 1924 book Daedalus; or, Science and the Future.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ecto
Suffix: genesis

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

ectogenetic

Questions

What does ectogenesis mean?: The development of an organism in an artificial environment outside the body in which it naturally grows.
Where does ectogenesis come from?: From ecto- (“outside-”) + -genesis. The modern biological sense was coined by British biologist J. B. S. Haldane in 1923 in the lecture that formed his 1924 book Daedalus; or, Science and the Future.

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