histophyly.
The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Meaning & usage
The direct study of the evolution of the forms of biological cells and tissues rather than observation of its supposed ontogenic recapitulation.
Where this word comes from
Simplified learned borrowing from German Histophylogenie, itself from histo- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of histo- + phylogeny to histo- (“biological tissue”) + -phyly (“tribehood”).
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