| NOUN | process | kenogenesis, cenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis | introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) |
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| Meaning | introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution). | |
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| Synonyms | cenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis | |
| Broader | growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically |
| Opposite | palingenesis, recapitulation | emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species |
| Spanish | caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, cenogénesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis | |
| Catalan | caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis | |
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