morphogeny

English

Etymology

From morpho- +‎ -geny.

Noun

morphogeny (usually uncountable, plural morphogenies)

1. (biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny.
   • 1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man:

     Morphogeny has long ago undertaken the study of the history of the evolution of forms

Translations

history of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny

• French: morphogénie (fr) f

References

• “morphogeny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.