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Meaning of "paedomorphosis" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAEDOMORPHOSIS

paedomorphosis  [ˌpiːdəˈmɔːfəsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAEDOMORPHOSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paedomorphosis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAEDOMORPHOSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paedomorphosis

Neoteny

Neoteny, also called juvenilization, is one of the two ways by which paedomorphism can arise. Paedomorphism or paedomorphosis is the retention by adults of traits previously seen only in the young, and is a subject studied in the field of developmental biology. In neoteny, the physiological development of an organism is slowed or delayed. In contrast, in progenesis, sexual development occurs faster. Both processes result in paedomorphism, a type of heterochrony. Ultimately this process results in the retention, in the adults of a species, of juvenile physical characteristics well into maturity and pedogenesis, the reproduction in a neotenized state. Neoteny is one of three dimensions of heterochrony, or the change in timing of developmental events: acceleration vs. neoteny, hypermorphosis vs. progenesis, and predisplacement vs. postdisplacement. The word neoteny is borrowed from the German Neotenie, the latter constructed from the Greek νέος and τείνειν. The adjective form of the word is either "neotenic" or "neotenous".

Definition of paedomorphosis in the English dictionary

The definition of paedomorphosis in the dictionary is the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAEDOMORPHOSIS


amebiasis
əmiːˈbaɪəsɪs
anamorphosis
ˌænəˈmɔːfəsɪs
anthropomorphosis
ˌænθrəpəˈmɔːfəsɪs
apophasis
əˈpɒfəsɪs
candidiasis
ˌkændɪˈdaɪəsɪs
diocese
ˈdaɪəsɪs
elephantiasis
ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs
emphasis
ˈɛmfəsɪs
giardiasis
ˌdʒaɪɑːˈdaɪəsɪs
metamorphosis
ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs
metastasis
mɪˈtæstəsɪs
metathesis
mɪˈtæθəsɪs
misemphasis
ˌmɪsˈɛmfəsɪs
overemphasis
ˌəʊvərˈɛmfəsɪs
psoriasis
səˈraɪəsɪs
reemphasis
riːˈɛmfəsɪs
transgenesis
trænzˈdʒɛnəsɪs
trypanosomiasis
ˌtrɪpənəsəˈmaɪəsɪs
underemphasis
ˌʌndərˈemfəsɪs
urolithiasis
ˌjʊərəʊlɪˈθaɪəsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAEDOMORPHOSIS

paediatry
paedo
paedobaptism
paedobaptist
paedodontic
paedogenesis
paedogenetic
paedogenic
paedological
paedologist
paedology
paedomorphic
paedomorphism
paedophile
paedophile ring
paedophilia
paedophiliac
paedophilic
paedotribe
paedotrophy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAEDOMORPHOSIS

affective psychosis
alphosis
cirrhosis
diagnosis
diorthosis
epanorthosis
gomphosis
homomorphosis
Korsakoff´s psychosis
kyphosis
metempsychosis
morphosis
organic psychosis
ornithosis
orthosis
psychosis
puerperal psychosis
sporotrichosis
theriomorphosis
trichosis
whosis

Synonyms and antonyms of paedomorphosis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paedomorphosis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAEDOMORPHOSIS

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The translations of paedomorphosis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paedomorphosis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

paedomorphosis
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pedomorfosis
570 millions of speakers

English

paedomorphosis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paedomorphosis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

paedomorphosis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

paedomorphosis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pedomorfose
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paedomorphosis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pédomorphose
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paedomorphosis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

paedomorphosis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幼形進化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

paedomorphosis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paedomorphosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

paedomorphosis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

paedomorphosis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेडोमोर्फोसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paedomorphosis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pedomorfosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paedomorphosis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

paedomorphosis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paedomorphosis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

paedomorphosis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paedomorphosis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paedomorphosis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paedomorphosis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paedomorphosis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAEDOMORPHOSIS»

The term «paedomorphosis» is used very little and occupies the 168.628 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAEDOMORPHOSIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paedomorphosis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAEDOMORPHOSIS»

Discover the use of paedomorphosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paedomorphosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians
Gabrion, Sentein, and Gabrion (1977) never found paedomorphic T. marmoratus in ponds where paedomorphic T. helveticus were common, and there appear to be no records of paedomorphosis in this species. Paedomorphosis is ...
Kentwood D. Wells, 2010
2
Evolution
Garstang hypothesized mat some urochordate groups such as the Larvacea arose by paedomorphosis and can now be considered as sexually mature larvae . Extending Garstang's argument, biologists suggested that e irly free-swimming ...
Monroe W. Strickberger, 2005
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The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare
Paedomorphosis Paedomorphosis describes the evolutionary retention of juvenile characteristics into adulthood, i.e. it is the phenotypic outcome of the exclusion or reduction of some ancestral developmental stages during the ontogeny of an ...
D. S. Mills, Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde, 2010
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Patterns of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo
This example clearly illustrates the level of plasticity in the human brain, but it may also reflect selection for paedomorphosis through neoteny as a mechanism that sustains high levels of plasticity. While adult modern human brains are clearly ...
J. L. Thompson, G. E. Krovitz, A. J. Nelson, 2003
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Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil ...
This hypothesis also explains why bathymetric and sedimentologic variables are not correlated with patterns of paedomorphosis in the three clades: the selective advantage of paedomorphosis may be associated with the reduction of ...
Alan H. Cheetham, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Scott Lidgard, 2001
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Atlas of Stem Anatomy in Herbs, Shrubs and Trees: Volume II
Carlquist's identification of paedomorphosis in the secondary xylem is based on these types of observations (Carlquist 1962). Paedomorphosis is a descriptive term used when there has been a change in the relative time of appearance of ...
Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Börner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, 2012
7
Animal Metamorphosis
What is Paedomorphosis and Why Salamanders? 230 2. Paedomorphosis and Salamander Life History Variation 234 3. Hormonal Basis of Salamander Metamorphosis 237 4. Hormonal Basis of Paedomorphosis 239 5. Paedomorphosis in ...
‎2013
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Comparative Wood Anatomy: Systematic, Ecological, and ...
Species with paedomorphosis tend to belong to families with specialized characteristics, such as Asteraceae or Campanulaceae. Therefore, they tend to have relatively short vessel elements compared with those of primitive woody families ...
Sherwin Carlquist, 2001
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Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology
Chapter 3 CHARACTERIZING THE ANCESTORS: PAEDOMORPHOSIS AND TERMITE EVOLUTION 1Christine A. Nalepa and 2Claudio Bandi 1Department of Entomology, North CarolinaState University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695- 7613 ...
Takuya Abe, David Edward Bignell, Masahiko Higashi, 2000
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Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Almost to a man, they upheld a principle of universal recapitulation, under which paedomorphosis included only a minor class of exceptional cases. Their impression was, of course, formed in the light of a theory that expected these results.
Stephen Jay Gould, 1977

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAEDOMORPHOSIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paedomorphosis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ratites in trees: the evolution of ostriches and kin, and the repeated …
... on biogeography, the evolution of flightlessness and large body size, the alleged important of paedomorphosis, the issue of whether the ratite ... «Scientific American, May 14»
2
Eurycea subfluvicola: New Species of Salamander Discovered in …
“The study also shows how developmental shifts, such as larval paedomorphosis, can allow unrecognized species to hide amongst the larvae ... «Sci-News.com, Apr 14»
3
The Invention of Childhood, or Why It Hurts to Have a Baby [Excerpt]
But what neoteny (and paedomorphosis and all the rest) illustrate is that the forces of evolution don't simply play with physical attributes, they ... «Scientific American, Apr 13»
4
Baby Boom: Did Retained Juvenile Traits Help Birds Outlive …
If birds did evolve by paedomorphosis, they join species such as axolotls. These salamanders evolved to retain tadpolelike gills and fins and, ... «Scientific American, May 12»
5
Birds Have Juvenile Dinosaur Skulls
Paedomorphosis is a result of modifications to growth, a developmental phenomenon regulated by particular genes. Bhullar and collaborators ... «Smithsonian, May 12»
6
First Land Creatures Had Wild Appearances
Moreover, some changes are consistent with an evolutionary quirk known as paedomorphosis, in which species retain in adulthood the ... «LiveScience.com, Jul 09»

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