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Digestion :: Digestion (n.) Generation of pus; suppuration.

Stereogram :: Stereoelectric (a.) Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid..

Homogenesis :: Homogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis..

Digenea :: Digenea (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents..

Gasogen :: Gasogen (n.) An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid..

Genitals :: Genitals (a.) The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.

Patriarchal :: Patriarchal (a.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.

Rust :: Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat..

Zooid :: Zooid (n.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation..

Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart..

Uroglaucin :: Uroglaucin (n.) A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican..

Perigenesis :: Perigenesis (n.) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.

Cirrhotic :: Cirrhotic (a.) Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver..

Syngnathi :: Syngenesis (n.) A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of epigenesis.

Heterogenesis :: Heterogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis..

Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree..

Calcification :: Calcification (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue..

Wallerian Degeneration :: Wallerian degeneration () A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850..

Boil :: Boil (v.) To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils..

Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..

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