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Definition of: syngenesis
(sin·jen′ə·sis) noun Biol.
1. Sexual reproduction.
2. The theory that the sexually fertilized germ contains within itself the germs of all future generations: opposed to epigenesis. [<NL <Gk. syn- together + genesis GENESIS]
—syn·ge·net·ic (sin′jə·net′ik) adjective
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