digenesis
[ dahy-jen-uh-sis ]
/ daɪˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /
noun Zoology.
OTHER WORDS FROM digenesis
di·ge·net·ic [dahy-juh-net-ik] /ˌdaɪ dʒəˈnɛt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby digenesis
digastric muscle,
digastric triangle,
digby,
digby chicken,
digenea,
digenesis,
digenetic,
digerati,
digest,
digestant,
digester
Example sentences from the Web for digenesis
Digenesis, dī-jen′e-sis, n. reproduction by two methods, a sexual followed by an assexual.
This phenomenon has been known by the name of alternate generation; we have called it digenesis.
Animal Parasites and Messmates |P. J. Van BenedenThere is alternation of form, on account of the double multiplication (digenesis) and migration through several individuals.
Animal Parasites and Messmates |P. J. Van Beneden
British Dictionary definitions for digenesis
Medical definitions for digenesis
digenesis
[ dī-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs ]
n.
Reproduction in distinctive patterns in alternate generations, typically involving alternating sexual and asexual cycles in succeeding host organisms, as seen in malarial parasites and certain trematode flatworms.