Medical Dictionary

recapitulation

noun re·ca·pit·u·la·tion \ˌrē-kə-ˌpich-ə-ˈlā-shən\

Medical Definition of RECAPITULATION

:  the supposed repetition in the development of the individual of its phylogenetic history—see recapitulation theory
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