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ap•o•mix•is
(ap′ə mik′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mix•es (-mik′sēz).USA pronunciation [Biol.]
ap•o•mic•tic
(ap′ə mik′tik),USA pronunciation ap′o•mic′ti•cal, adj.
ap′o•mic′ti•cal•ly, adv.
- Developmental Biologyany of several types of asexual reproduction, as apogamy or parthenogenesis.
- Greek apo- apo- + míxis a mixing, equivalent. to mig(nýnai) to mix + -sis -sis
- Neo-Latin
- 1910–15;
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