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merogony

[muh-rog-uh-nee]
noun Embryology.
  1. the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.
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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.
  1. Incomplete development of an ovum.
  2. schizogony
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