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perigenesis.

A theory put forward by Ernst Haeckel which explains inheritance (of characteristics) by the transmission of the type of so-called "growth force", possessed by one generation to another.

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noun
  1. A theory put forward by Ernst Haeckel which explains inheritance (of characteristics) by the transmission of the type of so-called "growth force", possessed by one generation to another.

    historical · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From peri- + genesis. Named by Ernst Haeckel's 1876 text Die Perigenesis der Plastidule, translated into English as "The Generation of Waves in the Small Vital Particles")

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