amphimixis

[am-fuh-mik-sis]

noun

plural

amphimixes 

1. Biology.,  the merging of the nuclei of the sperm and egg cells; sexual reproduction.

2. Psychoanalysis.,  the combining of anal and genital eroticism in the development of sexuality.

amphimixis

/ ˌæmfɪˈmɪksɪs /

noun

1. true sexual reproduction by the fusion of gametes from two organisms Compare apomixis

Other Word Forms

• amphimictic adjective
• amphimictically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphimixis¹

1890–95; amphi- + Greek míxis a mingling, equivalent to mig- (stem of mígnynai to mix) + -sis -sis

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphimixis¹

C19: from _amphi- + Greek mixis a blending, from mignunai to mingle