Medical term:
monogenesis
mon·o·gen·e·sis
(mon'ō-jen'ĕ-sis),1. The production of similar organisms in each generation.
2. The production of young by one parent only, as in nonsexual generation and parthenogenesis.
3. The process of parasitizing a single host, in which the life cycle of the parasite is passed; for example, Boophilus annulatus, the one-host cattle tick, or certain trematodes of the order Monogenea.
[mono- + G. genesis, origin, production]
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monogenesis
(mŏn′ə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)n.
Development from a single source, such as a cell, an ancestor, or a language.
mo·nog′e·nous (mə-nŏj′ə-nəs) adj.
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mon·o·gen·e·sis
(mon'ō-jen'ĕ-sis)1. The production of similar organisms in each generation.
2. The production of young by one parent only, as in nonsexual generation and parthenogenesis.
3. The process of parasitizing a single host, in which the entire life cycle of the parasite is passed.
[mono- + G. genesis, origin, production]
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monogenesis
(mŏn″ō-jĕn′ĕ-sĭs) [Gr. monos, single, + genesis, generation, birth]1. Production of offspring of only one sex.
2. The theory that all organisms arise from a single cell.
3. Asexual reproduction.
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