| 单词 | epigenesist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasepiˈgenesist epiˈgenesist n. now historical a person who advocates or believes in the theory of epigenesis; cf. epigeneticist n., epigenist n. [After Italian epigenesista (1776 or earlier); compare French épigénésiste (1779 or earlier), German Epigenesiste (1777 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of origin or development of life animalculist1730 epigenesist1784 vermiculist1784 animalist1800 epigenist1803 ovarist1816 spermatist1836 ovist1838 creationist1856 seminist1857 vitalist1860 monogenist1868 nomogenist1868 panspermist1868 abiogenist1870 heterogenist1870 panspermatist1870 ovulist1879 adaptionist1888 abiogenesist1889 thaumatogenist1891 1784 tr. L. Spallanzani Diss. Nat. Hist. II. iii. 306 An Epigenesist [It. Un Epigenesista], a Count Buffon, accustomed to view Nature under an angle proportional to his favourite ideas, would not probably hesitate, if the facts observed by me had passed under his inspection, to embrace the former opinion. 1816 P. Keith Syst. Physiol. Bot. II. 364 This is the theory of the epigenesists, who maintain that the embryo pre-exists neither in the ovary nor pollen, but is generated by the union of the fecundating principles of the male and female organs. 1944 Sci. Monthly Sept. 228/1 Most epigenesists who extended the period of interaction over the entire history of the embryo had no clear explanation of why interaction leads to a norm instead of to disorganization. 2014 J. Maienschein Embryos under Microscope ii. 37 Epigenesists adopted some of the vitalistic interpretation and thereby assigned a distinct meaning to life. < as lemmas |
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