Parthenogenesis Definition
pärthə-nō-jĕnĭ-sĭs
noun
Reproduction by the development of an unfertilized ovum, seed, or spore, as in certain insects or algae: it may be induced artificially by chemical or mechanical means.
Webster's New World
The artificial activation of an unfertilized usually mammalian egg, resulting in an embryolike cell cluster from which stem cells can be harvested.
American Heritage Medicine
(biology) Referring to various aspects of asexual reproduction:
Wiktionary
(countable and uncountable) Figurative uses of the biologic senses.
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Other Word Forms of Parthenogenesis
Noun
Singular:
parthenogenesis
Plural:
parthenogenesesOrigin of Parthenogenesis
parthen- (biologic and figurative senses: “absence of fertilisation", “asexual reproduction"; theologic sense: “virgin") (from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthenos, “virgin")) + -o- +"Ž -genesis (“mode of generation") (from Ancient Greek γένεσις (genesis, “origin", “creation", “generation"))
From Wiktionary
New Latin Greek parthenos virgin genesis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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