Definition of Neoteny

1. Noun. An evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species.

Generic synonyms: Evolutionary Trend
Derivative terms: Neotenic

Definition of Neoteny

1. attainment of sexual maturity in the larval stage [n -NIES] : NEOTENIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Neoteny

1. The persistence in the reproductively mature adult of characters usually associated with the immature organism. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neoteny

neospora
Neospora canium
Neosporin
neosporosis
neossine
neossology
neostigmine
neostigmine
neostigmines
neostomy
neostriatum
neotenic
neotenies
neotenous
neoteny (current term)
neoteny (current term)
neoteric
neoterics
Neotestudina rosati
neothalamus
Neotoma
Neotoma cinerea
Neotoma floridana
Neotoma fuscipes
neotoxin
neotoxins
neotropic
neotropical
neotropics
neotype

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