| 单词 |
physiogeny |
| 释义 |
physiogeny|fɪzɪˈɒdʒɪnɪ| [ad. mod.L. physiogenia, f. Gr. ϕυσιο- physio- + -γένεια -geny. Cf. Ger. physiogenie.] †a. The genesis of natural bodies. Obs. b. Biol. The genesis of vital functions; the development or evolution of the functions of living organisms, which are the province of physiology; the science or history of this.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Physiogenia, term for the operations of nature, according to Rumpf, of the formation of bodies from original elements: physiogeny. 1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man I. 24 Physiogeny, the germ-history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities in the individual. Ibid. II. 461 So will Physiogeny..make a true recognition of functions possible, by discovering their historic evolution. Hence physiogenic |-ˈdʒɛnɪk| a., of the nature of physiogeny. |

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