MEROGONY

Etymology

Noun

merogony (usually uncountable, plural merogonies)

(biology) A form of asexual reproduction whereby a parasitic protozoan replicates its own nucleus inside its host's cell and then induces cell segmentation; schizogony.

(medicine, embryology) The development of part of an ovum after damage.

Anagrams

• ergonomy, gonomery

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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