Definition of generation

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

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Cirrhotic :: Cirrhotic (a.) Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver..
Genital :: Genital (a.) Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs..
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..
Accrementition :: Accrementition (n.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds..
Synergist :: Synergism (n.) The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a cooperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man..
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
Generation :: Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals..
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated..
Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may
Amyloid :: Amyloid (n.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
Histolytic :: Histolytic (a.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues..
Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) The act of production; generation.
Genitals :: Genitals (a.) The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
Strain :: Strain (n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
Seed :: Seed (n.) Race; generation; birth.
Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are the
Abiogenous :: Abiogenous (a.) Produced by spontaneous generation.
Copulation :: Copulation (n.) The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.
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..
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..
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