diplogenesis

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noun

The double formation of something that is normally single, such as a body organ.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noundiplogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural diplogeneses)

plural diplogeneses

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe double formation of something that is normally single, such as a body organ.
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