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blas•to•gen•e•sis
(blas′tə jen′ə sis),USA pronunciation n. [Biol.]
- Developmental Biologyreproduction by budding.
- Developmental Biologythe theory of the transmission of hereditary characters by germ plasm.
- blasto- + -genesis 1885–90