单词 | geomalism |
释义 | † geomalismn. Biology. Obsolete. rare. The tendency of an organism to grow symmetrically in a lateral or horizontal plane (so that the effect of gravity is balanced). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth monstruosity1402 monstrosity1555 accretion1615 misgrowth1648 monstruousness1653 miscreance1658 homonomya1682 agenesis1827 hypertrophy1834 auxesis1842 overgrowth1844 neoplasia1871 ingrowth1877 concrescence1878 accrementition1879 neogenesis1884 geomalism1885 giantism1885 geomaly1889 merisis1940 1885 A. S. Hyatt in J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. I. 50 Geomalism appears in its primitive aspect among the sponges since they are comparatively soft and supported by a pliable and primitively fragmentary internal skeleton. 1892 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 25 434 The series of mollusca picked out by Dr. Jackson last year to illustrate geomalism has been mounted and placed on exhibition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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