palingenesis
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noun \ˌpa-lən-ˈje-nə-səs\Definition of PALINGENESIS
— pal·in·ge·net·ic \-jə-ˈne-tik\ adjective
Origin of PALINGENESIS
New Latin, from Greek palin again + Latin genesis genesis
First Known Use: 1668
pal·in·gen·e·sis
noun \ˌpal-ən-ˈjen-ə-səs\ (Medical Dictionary)plural ; pal·in·gen·e·ses \-ˌsēz\ (audio pronunciation)
Medical Definition of PALINGENESIS
: the appearance in an individual during its development of characters or structures that have been maintained essentially unchanged throughout the evolutionary history of the group to which it belongs
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