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Webster 1913 Edition

Xenogenesis

Xenˊo-gen′e-sis

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ξένοσ

a stranger + E.

genesis

.]

(Biol.)

(a)

Same as

.

(b)

The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another.

Huxley.

Definition 2025

xenogenesis

xenogenesis

English

Noun

xenogenesis ‎(plural xenogeneses)

A foreign origin or source.
(biology) The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents.

Synonyms

(Of both definitions): xenogeny
(Of the biological definition only): heterogenesis

Derived terms

xenogenetic