geneagenesisn.
/ˌdʒɛniːəˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ Alternation of generation (see alternate generation n. at alternate adj., adv., and n. Compounds).
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1864 H. Lawson in tr. A. de Quatrefages Metamorph. Man & Lower Animals Transl. Pref. 8 In the following pages the author has..reduced all the varieties of generation to one common law, which he has termed Genea-genesis. The expression itself, simply meaning the development of generations, does not involve a theory, although it is associated with one.
Derivatives
ˌgeneageˈnetic adj. [compare genetic adj.] pertaining to geneagenesis.
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1864 H. Lawson tr. A. de Quatrefages Metamorph. Man & Lower Animals xvi. 166 I have been endeavouring to show how the knowledge of geneagenetic phenomena was gradually arrived at.
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