单词 | epimorphosis |
释义 | epimorphosis in British English (ˌɛpɪmɔːˈfəʊsɪs) noun a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching Derived forms epimorphic (ˌepiˈmorphic) adjective epimorphosis in American English (ˌepəˈmɔrfəsɪs, -mɔrˈfou-) noun Zoology a form of development in segmented animals in which body segmentation is completed before hatching Derived forms epimorphic adjective Word origin [epi- + morphosis]epi- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “upon,” “on,” “over,”“near,” “at,” “before,” “after” (epicedium; epidermis; epigene; epitome). On this model, epi- is used in the formation of new compound words (epicardium; epinephrine) |
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