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• Agamy

  the absence of a rule dictating marriage choices within a social group.

• Agammaglobulinemia

  a condition of the blood, either congenital or acquired, in which there is near or complete absence of and a failure of the body to form antibodies, resulting in a frequent occurrence of infectious disease. agammaglobulinemia a·gam·ma·glob·u·lin·e·mi·a (ā-gām’ə-glŏb’yə-lə-nē’mē-ə) n. congenital or acquired absence of, or extremely low levels of, gamma globulins in the blood.

• Agamogenesis

  as-xual reproduction by buds, offshoots, cell division, etc. historical examples agamogenesis: reproduction without fertilization by a male: see parthenogenesis; gamogenesis. explanation of terms used in entomology john. b. smith no case of agamogenesis is known in which, ‘when a differs widely from b’, it is itself capable of s-xual propagation. criticisms on “the origin of […]

• Agamospermy

  any form of reproduction, as parthenogenesis, apogamy, and apospory, that involves the s-x cell but takes place without fertilization or meiosis. noun (botany) formation of seeds in the absence of fertilization; a form of apomixis

• Agamous

  biology. . occurring without s-xual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic. botany, mycology, . historical examples the plant, like the animal, is agamous as long as the flower and the s-xual organs have not made their appearance. animal parasites and messmates p. j. van beneden adjective as-xual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization agamic a·gam·ic (ā-gām’ĭk) […]

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