ectogenesis

American  

[ek-toh-jen-uh-sis] / ˌɛk toʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /

noun

Biology.

1. development outside the body, as of an embryo in an artificial environment.

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ectogenesis British  

/ ɛkˈtɒdʒɪnəs, ˌɛktəʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs /

noun

1. the growth of an organism outside the body in which it would normally be found, such as the growth of an embryo outside the mother's body or the growth of bacteria outside the body of a host

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Other Word Forms

• ectogenetic adjective
• ectogenically adverb

Etymology

Origin of ectogenesis

From New Latin, dating back to 1905–10; ecto-, -genesis

Example Sentences

There were some novelists like Aldous Huxley who knew about science and ectogenesis and his own brother Julian Huxley was an eminent biologist.

From The Verge • Jul. 20, 2018

If ectogenesis, a fancy word for the use of artificial wombs, ever happens in the real world, it will be a more banal next step from the technologies that already keep premature babies alive.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2014

She’s suspicious, for given the grand history of operations upon women’s reproductive organs, ectogenesis would, most likely, suck.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2012

This question has caused a rift between leading scientists and feminist scholars, who state that ectogenesis “could hand over women’s sacred birthing ability to science.”

From Newsweek

Transhumanist journalist and scholar Zoltan Istvan wrote on Monday about current concrete developing research in artificial womb technology, called ectogenesis.

From Newsweek