Palingenesis

[,pælin'dʒenәsis]

Definition

(noun.) emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species.

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Definition

(n.) Alt. of Palingenesy

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Definition

n. a new birth or a second creation: regeneration: the development of an individual germ in which it repeats that of its ancestors: the recurrence of historical events in the same order in an infinite series of cycles—also Pal′ingeny Palingē′sia.—adj. Palinget′ic.—adv. Palinget′ically.

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