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maturation vs kainogenesis

kainogenesis vs maturation

maturation and kainogenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maturation Yes No No No
kainogenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, kainogenesis is a hyponym of maturation; that is, kainogenesis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than maturation:
  • maturation: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  • kainogenesis: introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
maturation (noun) kainogenesis (noun)
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
coming to full development; becoming mature
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Difference between maturation and kainogenesis

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