Morganism
/ˈmɔːɡənɪz(ə)m/ /ˈmɔːɡ(ə)nɪz(ə)m/Biology. Now historical
noun
Mendelian genetics as propounded by T. H. Morgan, incorporating a theory of the gene that is now generally accepted; specifically classical genetics as practised in the Soviet Union and other communist countries in the mid 20th cent., especially as the object of polemical opposition by proponents of Lysenkoism.
Origin
1930s. From the name of Thomas Hunt Morgan + -ism, probably after Russian morganizm.
- rotary-engined
- rotary hoe
- Rotary International
- rotary kiln
- rotary power
- rotary press
- rotary pump
- rotary quern
- rotary switch
- rotary table
- rotary tiller
- rotary wing
- rotary-winged
- rotascythe
- rotaspreader
- rotatable
- rotatably
- rotate
- rotation
- rotational
- rotational latency
- rotationally
- rotational quantum number
- rotational symmetry
- rotation crop