perigenesis

English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ genesis.

Noun

perigenesis (uncountable)

1. (biology, historical) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.

Derived terms

• perigenetic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perigenesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)