palingenesis

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(pal′in jen′ə sis)

noun

  1. a new birth; regeneration
  2. metempsychosis
  3. that phase in the development of an individual plant or animal which theoretically repeats the evolutionary history of the taxonomic group to which it belongs; recapitulation

Origin: ModL < Gr palin, again (see palindrome) + genesis, birth, genesis)

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See palingenesis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. pal·in·gen·e·ses (-sēzˌ)
  1. The doctrine of transmigration of souls; metempsychosis.
  2. Biology The repetition by a single organism of various stages in the evolution of its species during embryonic development.

Origin:

Origin: Greek palin, again; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -genesis

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Related Forms:

  • palˌin·ge·netˈic (-jə-nĕtˈĭk) adjective
  • palˌin·ge·netˈi·cal·ly adverb

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