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Epigenesis :: Epigenesis (n.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis..

Caseation :: Caseation (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

Heirloom :: Heirloom (n.) Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations..

Abiogenous :: Abiogenous (a.) Produced by spontaneous generation.

Catalysis :: Catalysis (n.) Dissolution; degeneration; decay.

Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.

Colloid :: Colloid (n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

Ingeneration :: Ingeneration (n.) Act of ingenerating.

Amphigenesis :: Amphigenesis (n.) Sexual generation; amphigony.

Metagenesis :: Metagenesis (n.) Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; -- in distinction from heterogamy.

Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..

Stereogram :: Stereoelectric (a.) Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid..

Cirrhotic :: Cirrhotic (a.) Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver..

Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..

Ovulist :: Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist..

Archegony :: Archegony (n.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration..

Pathogeny :: Pathogeny (n.) That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease.

Pudenda :: Pudenda (n. pl.) The external organs of generation.

Degenerationist :: Degenerationist (n.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state..

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