hypermorphosis

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ morphosis.

Noun

hypermorphosis

1. Extended morphosis
   • 2016 February 18, “Shape Ontogeny of the Distal Femur in the Hominidae with Implications for the Evolution of Bipedality”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     There are three classes of changes to developmentally accomplish paedo- or peramorphosis: (1) progenesis or hypermorphosis, where maturation with respect to the trait is reached early in the former and continues late in the latter; (2) neoteny or acceleration, where development occurs more slowly in the former and more rapidly in the latter; and (3) pre-displacement or postdisplacement, where development begins later in the former and earlier in the latter.