Definition of generation

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Generation (n.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction.

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Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree..
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.
Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated..
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preexist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis..
Genitals :: Genitals (a.) The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
Pudenda :: Pudenda (n. pl.) The external organs of generation.
Sexual :: Sexual (a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation..
Genesial :: Genesial (a.) Of or relating to generation.
Hermaphrodite :: Hermaphrodite (n.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helmi
Panspermist :: Panspermist (n.) A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.
Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may
Age :: Age (n.) The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation..
Amphigenesis :: Amphigenesis (n.) Sexual generation; amphigony.
Pudendum :: Pudendum (n.) The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva..
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle..
Pathogeny :: Pathogeny (n.) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled..
Archegony :: Archegony (n.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.
Calcification :: Calcification (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue..
Amyloid :: Amyloid (n.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
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