embryogeny

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noun

Embryogenesis.

OriginFrench embryogénie →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounembryogeny (countable and uncountable, plural embryogenies)

plural embryogenies

  1. countableuncountablebiologyEmbryogenesis.First known use 19th c.

    In “A Carcass,” embryogeny is reversed. Death, forcing the beloved to imitate the animal's deconstruction, will make her surrender gender, identity, and coherence.

    1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Origin

  1. Frenchembryogénie
  2. Englishembryogeny

From embryo- + -geny, probably after French embryogénie.

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APA

embryogeny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embryogeny

MLA

“embryogeny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embryogeny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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