Chapter 3 New And Old Flashcards
Ontogeny
Development of an organism from its conception to adult stage. ,”ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny “ how an organism in the womb replicates the development of the organism as whole i.e we start out looking like a fish then a human embryo
Nascent
Just being born or beginning to grow, new, beginning , often implies actual birth took place
Immured
To enclose as in a wall, to imprison , to entomb,
Inchoate
In the early stages, imperfectly formed, implies something vague and incomplete
Incipient
Just beginning to exist, beginning of a process instead of a life
Tyro
a beginner a person who lacks substantial experience
Eugenics
Science or practice of improving human race through selective or genetic breeding
Etiology
The study of origins or assignment of causes, often used when talking about diseases,can be used to mean the origin of something specific
Antediluvian
Be adorable the Great Flood, really old
Fetid
Smelly from age,decomposition,or disease
Callipygian
Having shapely buttocks
Crepuscular
Of, like or active during twilight
Etiolated
To bleach or whitened, to become pale or blanced
Ossify
To turn to bone, often used to describe some stuck in time
Atavistic
Possessing traits of something that has long since vanish ,
