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单词 morphogeny
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morphogenyn.

Brit. /mɔːˈfɒdʒᵻni/, U.S. /mɔrˈfɑdʒəni/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Morphogenie.
Etymology: < German Morphogenie (1874 in the passage translated in quot. 1879 at sense 1) < French morphogénie (1862) < morpho- morpho- comb. form + -génie -geny comb. form.
Now rare.
1. Biology. = morphogenesis n. 1.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] > morphogenesis
morphogeny1879
morphogenesis1890
statogenesis1893
statogeny1893
morphopoiesis1959
1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. i. 24 Germ-history of Forms. (Morphogeny.)
1929 Jrnl. Ecol. 17 374 Of fundamental importance in morphogeny and by no means to be overlooked in adaptation is the correlation of organs and parts, based upon competition within the plant for food.
1991 Belgian Jrnl. Zool. 121 99 Because of the peculiar anuran pattern of its morphogeny, it [sc. the middle ear] can be formed only at or after the end of metamorphosis.
2. Geomorphology. = morphogenesis n. 2.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > [noun]
morphogeny1912
morphogenesis1958
1912 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 2 85 Some British observers have recognized levels of erosion or abrasion at several different altitudes, on which they base a more complicated scheme of morphogeny.
1950 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 40 222 Many of the ideas here expressed are explicitly stated in the lectures of Professor Kirk Bryan, whose emphasis on climatic morphogeny has led to the formulation here set forth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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