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Theogony :: Theogony (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod..

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration..

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.

Ovulist :: Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist..

Generation :: Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc..

Geniture :: Geniture (n.) Generation; procreation; birth.

Genital :: Genital (a.) Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

Irregeneration :: Irregeneration (n.) An unregenerate state.

Progeneration :: Progeneration (n.) The act of begetting; propagation.

Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The thing degenerated.

Engendrure :: Engendrure (n.) The act of generation.

Generation :: Generation (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock.

Atavism :: Atavism (n.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two..

Panspermy :: Panspermy (n.) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.

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

Generation :: Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals..

Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..

Amyloid :: Amyloid (n.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.

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