syngenesis

[ sin-jen-uh-sis ]

noun

, Biology.

1. sexual reproduction.

Other Words From

• syn·ge·net·ic [sin-j, uh, -, net, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of syngenesis¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1830–40; syn-, -genesis

Example Sentences

Syngenesis, sin-jen′e-sis, n. the theory of reproduction which makes the embryo the product of both male and female by the union of spermatozoon and ovum: the theory that the germ so formed contains the germs of all future generations—opp. to Epigenesis.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Growth, therefore, was, on this hypothesis, partly a process of simple evolution, and partly of what has been termed syngenesis.

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They are eaten by the natives, but the acidity is unpleasant, owing to its being mixed with a bitter; the flowers are two inches long: tubo 4 angulato, basi-coccinescenti, laminis viridibus interstibus carneis, coccineo lineatis præsenti transverse, antheris syngenesis. 

From Project Gutenberg

Growth, therefore, was, on this hypothesis, a process partly of simple evolution, and partly of what has been termed "syngenesis."

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