different between preformationist vs epigenetic

preformationist

English

Etymology

From preformation +? -ist.

Noun

preformationist (plural preformationists)

  1. (biology, historical) A proponent of the theory of preformationism. [from 19th c.]
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 219:
      Preformationists rejoined that Harveian epigenesis was unscientific, for such a virtue could not be observed.

Translations

preformationist From the web:

  • what did preformationism believe
  • what is preformationism in psychology
  • what is preformationism in biology
  • what is preformationism theory


epigenetic

English

Etymology

epi- +? genetic

Adjective

epigenetic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics, mineralogy) Of or relating to epigenesis.
  2. (genetics) Of or relating to epigenetics.

Derived terms

  • epigenetically

Related terms

  • epigenome

Translations


Romanian

Etymology

From French épigénétique

Adjective

epigenetic m or n (feminine singular epigenetic?, masculine plural epigenetici, feminine and neuter plural epigenetice)

  1. epigenetic

Declension

epigenetic From the web:

  • what epigenetics
  • what are examples of epigenetics
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