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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny; that is, an organism in the course of its development goes through the same successive stages as did the species in developing from the lower to the higher forms of animal life. Called also Haeckel's law.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Recapitulation theory — The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism and often expressed as ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is a disproven hypothesis that in developing from embryo to adult, animals go through stages… … Wikipedia
recapitulation theory — noun : a theory in biology: an organism passes through successive stages resembling the series of ancestral types from which it has descended so that the ontogeny of the individual is a recapitulation of the phylogeny of its group compare… … Useful english dictionary
recapitulation theory — The theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
recapitulation doctrine — recapitulation theory or recapitulation doctrine, the theory that the development of an organism recapitulates the life history of the race to which it belongs … Useful english dictionary
Recapitulation — The word recapitulation can mean: *A summary * Recapitulation (music), a section of musical sonata form where the exposition is repeated in an altered form and the development is concluded * Recapitulation theory, a scientific theory no longer… … Wikipedia
recapitulation — See r. theory. * * * re·ca·pit·u·la·tion .rē kə .pich ə lā shən n the supposed repetition in the development of the individual of its phylogenetic history see RECAPITULATION THEORY * * * re·ca·pit·u·la·tion (re″kə pit″u… … Medical dictionary
Recapitulation — Re ca*pit u*la tion (r[=e] k[.a]*p[i^]t [ u]*l[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [LL. recapitulatio: cf. F. recapitulation.] 1. The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
law of recapitulation — recapitulation theory … Useful english dictionary
theory — A reasoned explanation of known facts or phenomena that serves as a basis of investigation by which to seek the truth. SEE ALSO: hypothesis, postulate. [G. theoria, a beholding, speculation, t., fr. theoros, a beholder] adsorption t. of narcosis… … Medical dictionary
Recapitulation (music) — In music theory, the recapitulation is one of the sections of a movement written in sonata form. The recapitulation occurs after the movement s development section, and typically presents once more the musical themes from the movement s… … Wikipedia
