merogony

[muh-rog-uh-nee]

noun Embryology.

the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.

Origin of merogony

First recorded in 1899; mero- + -gony

Related formsmer·o·gon·ic

[mer-uh-gon-ik] /ˌmɛr əˈgɒn ɪk/, me·rog·o·nous, adjective

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merogony in Medicine

merogony

[mə-rŏg′ə-nē]

n.

Incomplete development of an ovum.
schizogony

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