retromorphosis
noun
1 (Biology and Medicine ) change or development that is considered to be retrograde or regressive; retrograde metamorphosis; an instance of this (now rare ).
2 Geology retrograde metamorphism.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- cryokonite
- cryolite
- cryology
- cryometer
- cryonaut
- cry one's eyes (or heart) out
- cryonic
- cryonically
- cryonicist
- cryonics
- cryopedology
- cryophil
- cryophile
- cryophilic
- cryophoric
- cryophorus
- cryophyllite
- cryophyte
- cryoplanation
- cryoplankton
- cryoprecipitate
- cryoprecipitation
- cryopreservation
- cryopreserve
- cryoprobe