Pol`y*gen"e*sis (?), Po*lyg"e*ny (?), n. [Poly- + genesis, or root of Gr. to be born.] Biol.

The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.

 

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