释义 |
‖ perigenesis Biol.|pɛrɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs| [mod.L., f. Gr. περί round, about + genesis.] Haeckel's term for a theory of reproduction which attributes the phenomena to rhythmical vibrations of plastidules or protoplasmic molecules; ‘wave-generation’.
1879Cope Orig. Fittest i. vi. 229 The Dynamic Theory of reproduction I proposed in 1871, and it has been since adopted by Haeckel under the name of perigenesis. |