| ANAGENESIS | • anagenesis n. The evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces… • ANAGENESIS n. so-called progressive ('upward') evolution. |
| BIOGENESIS | • biogenesis n. The principle that living organisms are produced only from other living organisms. • biogenesis n. Biosynthesis. • BIOGENESIS n. the theory that all life is derived from living matter alone. |
| DIAGENESIS | • diagenesis n. (Geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after… • DIAGENESIS n. the physical and chemical changes (other than metamorphism) undergone by a sediment after deposition. |
| DIAKINESIS | • diakinesis n. (Cytology) the last stage of prophase, in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle… • DIAKINESIS n. the final stage of prophase in meiosis. |
| DYSGENESIS | • dysgenesis n. (Medicine) Defective development. • DYSGENESIS n. sterility in hybrid creatures. |
| ECPHONESIS | • ecphonesis n. (Rhetoric) Exclamation. • ecphonesis n. (Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone. • ECPHONESIS n. an animated or passionate exclamation. |
| EPIGENESIS | • epigenesis n. (Biology) The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than… • epigenesis n. (Geology) Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation. • EPIGENESIS n. the theory of embryonic development. |
| NEOGENESIS | • neogenesis n. (Biology) The regeneration of tissue. • neogenesis n. (Geology) The formation of new minerals. • NEOGENESIS n. the regeneration of tissue. |
| NOOGENESIS | • NOOGENESIS n. evolution of the mind. |
| OROGENESIS | • orogenesis n. (Geology) The process of mountain formation by deformation of the Earth’s crust. • OROGENESIS n. the process of mountain making, esp by folding of the earth's crust. |
| PANGENESIS | • pangenesis n. A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin by which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which… • PANGENESIS n. Darwin's theory that every cell of the body contributes gemmules to the germ-cells and so shares in the transmission of inherited characters. |
| PARAENESIS | • paraenesis n. Advice or exhortation, particularly of a moral or religious nature. • paraenesis n. (Rhetoric) A warning of impending evil. • parænesis n. Alternative spelling of paraenesis. |
| PYOGENESIS | • pyogenesis n. (Medicine) formation of pus. • PYOGENESIS n. the formation of pus. |
| SYNGENESIS | • syngenesis n. (Genetics) The genetic origin of an individual derived from material from both parents (by sexual reproduction). • syngenesis n. Descent from a common ancestor. • syngenesis n. (Historical, biology) The theory that the germ formed by the union of spermatozoon and ovum contains… |