organs of generation

  • 1Generation — Gen er*a tion, n. [OE. generacioun, F. g[ e]n[ e]ration, fr.L. generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. [1913 Webster] 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation;… …

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  • 2Alternate generation — Generation Gen er*a tion, n. [OE. generacioun, F. g[ e]n[ e]ration, fr.L. generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. [1913 Webster] 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production;… …

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  • 3Spontaneous generation — Generation Gen er*a tion, n. [OE. generacioun, F. g[ e]n[ e]ration, fr.L. generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. [1913 Webster] 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production;… …

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  • 4body without organs —    by Kylie Message   A phrase initially taken from Antonin Artaud, the Body without Organs (BwO) refers to a substrate that is also identified as the plane of consistency (as a non formed, non organised, non stratified or destratified body or… …

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  • 5body without organs —    by Kylie Message   A phrase initially taken from Antonin Artaud, the Body without Organs (BwO) refers to a substrate that is also identified as the plane of consistency (as a non formed, non organised, non stratified or destratified body or… …

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  • 6alternate generation — noun alternation of sexual with asexual generation, in which the products of one process differ from those of the other, a form of reproduction common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the simplest form, the organism arising from sexual… …

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  • 7Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …

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  • 8Richard Owen — um 1856 Sir Richard Owen (* 20. Juli 1804 in Lancaster; † 18. Dezember 1892 im Richmond Park in Surrey) war ein britischer Zoologe, vergleichender Anatom und Paläontologe. Er wird nach Charles Darwin al …

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  • 9genitals — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. organs, sexual organs, genitalia, organs of generation, private parts, reproductive organs, organs of excretion, pudenda, gonads, testicles, testes, vulva, stones*, nuts*, privates*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sexual… …

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  • 10Uterus — Hystera redirects here. For the state of mind, see hysteria. Womb redirects here. For other uses, see Womb (disambiguation). Uterus 1: fallopian tube, 2 …

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