physiogeny

English

Etymology

From physio- +‎ -geny.

Noun

physiogeny (uncountable)

1. (biology) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny.
   • 1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man:

     It will, therefore, be the task of a future Physiogeny to grasp the history of the evolution of the functions with the same earnestness

References

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