Physiogeny

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physiogeny \Phys`i*og"e*ny\ (f[i^]z`[i^]*[o^]j"[-e]*n[y^]), n.
     [Gr. fy`sis nature + root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.)
     The germ history of the functions, or the history of the
     development of vital activities, in the individual, being one
     of the branches of ontogeny. See {Morphogeny}. --Haeckel.
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