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organogeny Biol.|ɔːgəˈnɒdʒɪnɪ|
[mod. f. organo- + -geny; in F. organogénie (Littré).]
a. The production or development of the organs of an animal or plant.
b. That department of biology which deals with this.
1844Dunglison Dict. Med. Sc., Organogeny..The doctrine of the formation of the different organs. 1854H. Spencer Ess. (1858) 166 (Genesis of Science) [Oken] says..Biology, therefore, divides into Organogeny, Phytosophy, Zoosophy. 1857Bullock tr. Cazeaux' Midwif. 211 A few interesting particulars of organogeny. 1888Athenæum 18 Aug. 227/3 Organogeny, or the study of development, then showed that these types were not wholly imaginary.
So orgaˈnogenist, one versed in organogeny.
1895Athenæum 27 July 134/2 He..became a pupil of Payer, whose work as an organogenist he greatly admired. |