Definition of cenogenesis Cenogenesis

ce•no•gen•e•sis

We found 3 definitions of cenogenesis from 3 different sources.

What does cenogenesis mean?

Noun Plural: cenogenesises
cenogenesis - introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
		kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis
		ontogenesis, ontogeny, growing, maturation, growth, development (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state