ANLAGE

primordium, anlage

(noun) an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

anlage (plural anlages or anlagen)

(biology) A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops.

(genetics) An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).

(psychology) Temperament, the predominant personality type.

Anagrams

• Angela, Galena, alnage, galena, lagena

Source: Wiktionary



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DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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