merogony Biol.
(məˈrɒgənɪ)
[f. mero-1 + Gr. -γονία begetting.]
The production of an embryo from a portion of an egg not containing a nucleus. Hence meroˈgonic a., pertaining to or effected by merogony.
| 1899 Nature 2 Nov. 24/1 On merogonic impregnation and its results, by M. Yves Delage. Ibid., Since it [the fertilization of non-nucleated ovular cytoplasm]..is a process which may be generalised, the author [M. Yves Delage] proposes to give it the name of merogony. |