anisogenous
|an-i-so-ge-nous|
/ˌænɪsəˈdʒɛnəs/
of unequal origin
Etymology
'anisogenous' originates from Ancient Greek, specifically from the combining form 'anisos' meaning 'unequal' and 'genos' meaning 'race, origin' (via New Latin/International scientific formation).
'anisogenous' was formed in scientific New Latin/English by combining the Greek-derived prefix 'aniso-' with the suffix '-genous' (from Greek 'genos' via Latin), and entered specialist biological usage in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe tissues or cells of unlike origin.
Initially it meant 'of unequal origin' in technical contexts, and over time this core sense has been retained in modern scientific usage to describe structures arising from different sources.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
having or arising from dissimilar or unequal origins; produced from different kinds or sources (used especially in biology to describe structures or cells that originate from different precursor cells).
The fungal tissue was anisogenous: the sporangia developed from cells of different origin.
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