dysmerismn.
/ˈdɪsmərɪz(ə)m/ Biology.
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The aggregation of unlike or irregularly arranged parts in the formation of an organism. (Opposed to eumerism, eumeristic, etc.)
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dysmeˈristic adj. having the character of such an aggregation.
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1881 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XII. 555/1 [article Hydrozoa] According to this second hypothesis..the tendency to bud-formation has all along acted concurrently with a powerful synthetic tendency, so that new units have from the first made but a gradual and disguised appearance. This is ‘dysmerogenesis’, and such aggregates as exhibit it may be called dysmeristic.
dysmerogenesis n. /ˌdɪsmərəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ [ < Greek μέρος part, γένεσις production] the formation of an organism by successive production of parts which are unlike or irregularly arranged.
/ˌdɪsmərəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ [ < Greek μέρος part, γένεσις production] the formation of an organism by successive production of parts which are unlike or irregularly arranged.ΚΠ
1881 [see dysmeristic adj.].
1881 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XII. 555/2 Ordinary cell-division is an example of eumerogenesis; free-formation of nuclei, as in the fertilized ovum of Arthropoda, is dysmerogenesis. A synyctium is usually a synthesized eumeromorph, but may be a dysmeromorph.
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ˌdysmerogeˈnetic adj. marked by or resulting from dysmerogenesis.
ˈdysmeroˌmorph n. /ˈdɪsmərəʊˌmɔːf/ [-morph comb. form] an organic form or organism resulting from dysmerogenesis.
/ˈdɪsmərəʊˌmɔːf/ [-morph comb. form] an organic form or organism resulting from dysmerogenesis.ΚΠ
1881 [see dysmerogenesis n.].
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ˌdysmeroˈmorphic adj. having the character of a dysmeromorph.
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