See Also: orthogenesis(medicine)
orthogenesis(dictionary)

Sam(1) (iou) and orthogenesis (medicine)


Sam(1) (iou)



Sam noun1. [sam] arch. slang. E19.
[Origin uncertain: in sense 1 perh. from familiar dim. of male forename Samuel (cf. SAMMY noun); in sense 2 perh. from SALMON noun2 or from SANG noun1.]
stand Sam, pay expenses, esp. for Drinks, a meal, etc. E19.
upon my Sam, expr. asseveration. joc. L19.

orthogenesis (medicine)


orthogenesis


The doctrine that evolution is governed by intrinsic factors and occurs in predictable directions.

Origin: ortho-+ G. Genesis, origin