单词 | epigenesist |
释义 | epigenesis /ep-i-jenˈi-sis/nounThe theory, now universally accepted, that the development of an embryo consists of the gradual production and organization of parts (as opposed to the theory of preformation, which supposed that the future animal or plant was already present complete, although in miniature, in the germ) ORIGIN: Gr epi upon or after, and genesis formation epigenˈesist noun and adjective epigenetˈic adjective
epigenetˈically adverb epigenetˈicist noun epigenetˈics singular noun The science which studies the causes at work in development |
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