Definition of Agamogenetic

1. Adjective. (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.


Definition of Agamogenetic

1. n. Reproducing or produced without sexual union.

Definition of Agamogenetic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to agamogenesis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Agamogenetic

1. Reproducing or produced without sexual union. Agamogenet"ically, "All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock." (Huxley) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agamogenetic

agami
agamically
agamid
agamid lizard
agamids
agamis
agamist
agamists
agammaglobulinaemia
agammaglobulinaemias
agammaglobulinemia
agammaglobulinemias
agamocytogeny
agamogenetically
agamoid
agamoids
agamont
aganglionic
agapae
agapai
agapanthus
agapanthuses

Literary usage of Agamogenetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Thomas Henry Huxley (1903)
"All k: agamogenetic processes, on the other hand, end complete return to the primitive stock. How th the production of new species to be rendered inte by ..."

2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"... and agamogenetic, prevails. Thus hydra, when the conditions are ... there are groups of lowly organized animals and plants amongst which agamogenetic ..."

3. The Principles of Biology by Herbert Spencer (1864)
"The agamogenetic offspring of those lowest organisms which develop centrally, do not, of course, pass beyond central structure; ..."

4. Collected Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley (1894)
"For the agamogenetic series is 1 If, on the contrary, we follow the analogy of ... but Hyaenas In fact, we have demonstrated, in agamogenetic phaenomena, ..."

5. Works by Herbert Spencer (1896)
"... are produced before any seed-bearing individuals show themselves. When, after this first stage of rapid growth and agamogenetic multiplication, ..."

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