heterogenesis
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heterogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural heterogeneses)
- (biology) Abnormal organic development.
- (biology) Abiogenesis.
- (prescientifically) Spontaneous generation.
- (biology) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle.
- Synonyms: metagenesis, alternation of generations
- Antonym: homogenesis