tocogenetic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “childbirth, gestation; offspring”) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source”) + -ic.
Adjective edit
tocogenetic (comparative more tocogenetic, superlative most tocogenetic)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to the evolutionary process in which the higher terms are generated by the lower through creative synthesis.
- (systematics) Alternative form of tokogenetic.
References edit
- “tocogenetic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC., Supplement