HETEROGENESIS


Meaning of HETEROGENESIS in English

/het'euhr euh jen"euh sis/ , n. Biol.

1. Also, heterogeny /het'euh roj"euh nee/ . alternation of generations, esp. the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.

2. abiogenesis.

[ 1850-55; HETERO- + -GENESIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .