Syngenesis
noun, Biology.
1.
sexual reproduction.
syngenesis syn·gen·e·sis (sĭn-jěn’ĭ-sĭs)
n.
See sexual reproduction.
syn’ge·net’ic (-jə-nět’ĭk) adj.
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