Definitions for amphimixis

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amphimixis am·phi·mix·is

Spelling: [am-fuh-mik-sis]

IPA: /ˌæm fəˈmɪk sɪs/

Amphimixis is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in amphimixis (ahiiimmpsx).

Definitions for amphimixis

noun

1. Biology. the merging of the nuclei of the sperm and egg cells; sexual reproduction.
2. Psychoanalysis. the combining of anal and genital eroticism in the development of sexuality.

Origin of amphimixis

1890-95; amphi- + Greek míxis a mingling, equivalent to mig- (stem of mígnynai to mix) + -sis -sis

Examples for amphimixis

When a fresh nucleus has been thus formed (by amphimixis) in each of the copulating cells, they again separate.

amphimixis: the mingling of the germ plasm of two individuals.

amphimixis, as we have seen, is one of the most potent forces against which the evolution of a new species has to contend.