pangenesis
English
noun
Definitions
- A mechanism for heredity proposed by Charles Darwin long before the true mechanism was discovered, according to which the cells of the body shed "gemmules" which collect in the reproductive organs prior to fertilization
Etymology
Prefix from English genesis (production).
Origin
English
genesis
Gloss
production
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acrometagenesis English
- anthogenesis English
- biogenesis English
- cisgenesis English
- cogenesis English
- corticogenesis English
- cosmogenesis English
- diagenesis English
- digenetic English
- endogenesis English
- eugenesis English
- genesis English
- gliogenesis English
- glottogenesis English
- glycerogenesis English
- gonadogenesis English
- haematogenesis English
- homogenesis English
- hypergenesis English
- isogenesis English
- karyogenesis English
- kinetogenesis English
- leptogenesis English
- lithogenesis English
- magnetogenesis English
- merogenesis English
- microgenesis English
- mucogenesis English
- neogenesis English
- ovigenesis English
- oögenesis English
- perigenesis English
- progenesis English
- radiogenesis English
- regenesis English
- speleogenesis English
- teleogenesis English
- thrombogenesis English
- zygogenesis English
- genesis Latin
- genesis
- eugenesis
- digenetic
- regenesis
- cogenesis
- oögenesis
- biogenesis
- isogenesis
- diagenesis
- ovigenesis
- cisgenesis
- neogenesis
- progenesis
- homogenesis
- gliogenesis
- endogenesis
- merogenesis
- mucogenesis
- perigenesis
- zygogenesis
- karyogenesis
- teleogenesis
- hypergenesis
- cosmogenesis
- anthogenesis
- radiogenesis
- microgenesis
- leptogenesis
- lithogenesis
- gonadogenesis
- speleogenesis
- glottogenesis
- kinetogenesis
- thrombogenesis
- magnetogenesis
- glycerogenesis
- haematogenesis
- corticogenesis
- acrometagenesis