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heterogenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-ero-ge-n-e-sis
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abnormal organic development.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abiogenesis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Spontaneous generation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English heterogenesis From hetero- + -genesis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

heterogeneses (plural)

Derived Forms

heterogenetic

Frequently Paired Words

monogenesis orthogenesis parthenogenesis

Synonyms

metagenesis alternation of generations xenogenesis

Antonyms

homogenesis

Questions

What does heterogenesis mean?
Abnormal organic development.
Where does heterogenesis come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English heterogenesis From hetero- + -genesis.

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