— amphimictic /am'feuh mik"tik/ , adj. — amphimictically , adv.
/am'feuh mik"sis/ , n. , pl. amphimixes /-mik"seez/ .
1. Biol. the merging of the nuclei of the sperm and egg cells; sexual reproduction.
2. Psychoanal. the combining of anal and genital eroticism in the development of sexuality.
[ 1890-95; AMPHI- + Gk míxis a mingling, equiv. to mig- (s. of mígnynai to mix) + -sis -SIS ]