syngenesisn.
/sɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ Biology.
Formation of the germ in sexual reproduction by fusion of the male and female elements, so that the substance of the embryo is derived from both parents.
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syngenesis1836
bisexuality1850
gamogenesis1858
amphigony1876
amphimixis1893
oogamy1894
androgenesis1895
merogamy1901
gynogenesis1925
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 427/2 The theory of Syngenesis or Combination seems to have been applied principally to the explanation of reproduction of quadrupeds and man.
1864 Lewes Aristotle xvii. 353 The theory of Syngenesis, which considers the embryo to be the product of both male and female, is as old as Empedocles.
1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 663/1 Syngenesis, the hypothetic principle that each germ contains in itself the germs of every generation that may be derived from it.
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