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merogony

noun me·rog·o·ny \mə-ˈräg-ə-nē\
plural me·rog·o·nies

Medical Definition of MEROGONY

:  development of an embryo by a process that is genetically equivalent to male parthenogenesis and that involves segmentation and differentiation of an egg or egg fragment deprived of its own nucleus but having a functional male nucleus introduced
mer·o·gon·ic \ˌmer-ə-ˈgän-ik\ adjective

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