pedomorphism

[ped-uh-mawr-fiz-uh m or, esp. British, pee-duh-]

noun Biology.

a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.

Compare neoteny(def 2).

Origin of pedomorphism

pedo-¹ + -morphism

Related formspe·do·mor·phic, adjective

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pedomorphic in Medicine

pedomorphism

[pē′də-môr′fĭz′əm]

n.

Variant ofpaedomorphism

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