See Also: law of recapitulation(medicine)
recapitulation(medicine)
recapitulation(dictionary)
recapitulation theory(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
wince(2)(dictionary)
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wince(medicine)
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wince(dictionary)

recapitulation theory (medicine) and wince(2) (iou)


recapitulation theory (medicine)


recapitulation theory


The theory formulated by E.H. Haeckel that individuals in their embryonic development pass through stages similar in General structural plan to the stages their species passed through in its evolution; more technically phrased, the theory that ontogeny is an abbreviated recapitulation of phylogeny.

Synonym: biogenetic law, law of biogenesis, Haeckel's law, law of recapitulation.


wince(2) (iou)



wince noun2. L17.
[Var. of WINCH noun.]
= WINCH noun 1, 3. L17.
Dyeing.
a. A reel or roller placed over the division between two vats to allow fabric spread on it to be let down into one or the Other. M19.
b. A machine in which one or more endless lengths of fabric are drawn through the vat by a roller. L20.