heterogenesis xenogenesis
1Xenogenesis — Xen o*gen e*sis, n. [Gr. xe nos a stranger + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) Same as {Heterogenesis}. (b) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another. Huxley. [1913 Webster] …
2xenogénesis — 1. alternancia de rasgos en generaciones sucesivas; heterogénesis. 2. producción teórica de descendencia totalmente diferente a los padres. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …
3xenogenesis — noun the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal • Syn: ↑alternation of generations, ↑heterogenesis • Hypernyms: ↑organic phenomenon • Hyponyms: ↑metagenesis, ↑digenesis …
4heterogenesis — n. [Gr. heteros, different; genesis, descent] Form of reproduction that has sexual and asexual or parthenogenetic forms; alternation of generations; xenogenesis; see metagenesis …
5xenogenesis — see heterogenesis …
6xenogenesis — xenogenetic /zen euh jeuh net ik, zee neuh /, xenogenic, adj. /zen euh jen euh sis, zee neuh /, n. Biol. 1. heterogenesis (def. 1). 2. the supposed generation of offspring completely and permanently different from the parent. Also, xenogeny /zeuh …
7xenogenesis — noun /zɛnəʊˈʤɛnəsɪs/ a) A foreign origin or source. b) The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents. Syn: xenogeny, heterogenesis …
8xenogenesis — xen•o•gen•e•sis [[t]ˌzɛn əˈdʒɛn ə sɪs, ˌzi nə [/t]] also xe•nog•e•ny [[t]zəˈnɒdʒ ə ni[/t]] n. 1) bio heterogenesis 2) bio the supposed generation of offspring completely and permanently different from the parent • Etymology: 1865–70 xen… …
9alternation of generations — noun the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal • Syn: ↑heterogenesis, ↑xenogenesis • Hypernyms: ↑organic phenomenon • Hyponyms: ↑metagenesis, ↑digenesis …
10digenesis — noun alternation of sexual and asexual generations • Syn: ↑metagenesis • Hypernyms: ↑alternation of generations, ↑heterogenesis, ↑xenogenesis …
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