Usually means: Evolution in a straight line.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word orthogenetic:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. orthogenetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. orthogenetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. orthogenetic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. orthogenetic: Wordnik
  5. orthogenetic: Wiktionary
  6. orthogenetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. orthogenetic: Dictionary.com
  8. orthogenetic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. orthogenetic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. orthogenetic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. orthogenetic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (orthogenetic)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to orthogenesis / orthogenetics

Similar:
orthogenic, ontogenetic, organogenetic, orthoevolutionary, orthotic, osteohistogenetic, odontogenetic, oogenetic, histogenetic, osteogenic, more...

Opposite:
heterogenetic, anorthic, anorthogenic

Phrases:
orthogenetic evolution, more...

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Similar:
orthogenic, ontogenetic, organogenetic, orthoevolutionary, orthotic, osteohistogenetic, odontogenetic, oogenetic, histogenetic, osteogenic, more...

Opposite:
heterogenetic, anorthic, anorthogenic

Phrases:
orthogenetic evolution, more...



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