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Webster 1913 Edition
Morphogeny
Mor-phog′e-ny
,Noun.
[
form
+ root of γίγνεσθαι
to be born.] (Biol.)
History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; – distinguished from
physiogeny
. Haeckel.
Definition 2024
morphogeny
morphogeny
English
Noun
morphogeny (usually uncountable, plural morphogenies)
- (biology) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Haeckel to this entry?)
Translations
history of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms, distinguished from physiogeny
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