anaboly

noun

anab·​o·​ly

əˈnabəlē

plural -es

: evolutionary differentiation involving the addition of new terminal stages to the ancestral pattern of morphogenesis

Word History

Etymology

modification of Greek anabolē anything thrown up, prelude, act of delaying, ascent, from anaballein to throw or lift up, delay, put on

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

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