tocogenetic

English

Alternative forms

• tokogenetic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “childbirth, gestation; offspring”) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source”) +‎ -ic.

Adjective

tocogenetic (comparative more tocogenetic, superlative most tocogenetic)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to the evolutionary process in which the higher terms are generated by the lower through creative synthesis.
2. (systematics) Alternative form of tokogenetic.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tocogenetic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC., Supplement

Anagrams

• geotectonic