embryogeny

English

Etymology

From embryo- +‎ -geny, probably after French embryogénie.

Noun

embryogeny (countable and uncountable, plural embryogenies)

1. (biology) Embryogenesis. [from 19th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     In “A Carcass,” embryogeny is reversed. Death, forcing the beloved to imitate the animal's deconstruction, will make her surrender gender, identity, and coherence.