Usually means: Retention of juvenile traits in adults.
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  1. paedomorphosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. paedomorphosis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. paedomorphosis: Wiktionary
  4. paedomorphosis: Dictionary.com
  5. Paedomorphosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. paedomorphosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Paedomorphosis)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of pedomorphosis [(zoology) The retention of juvenile traits by an adult; neoteny.]

Similar:
paedomorphism, neoteinia, neotenia, larvogenesis, calyptostasy, pedobaptism, pleiomorphism, pedogamy, deanthropomorphization, pleomorphy, more...

Opposite:
peramorphosis, hypermorphosis

Types:
neoteny, gerontomorphosis, accelerated growth, heterochrony, more...

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Similar:
paedomorphism, neoteinia, neotenia, larvogenesis, calyptostasy, pedobaptism, pleiomorphism, pedogamy, deanthropomorphization, pleomorphy, more...

Opposite:
peramorphosis, hypermorphosis

Types:
neoteny, gerontomorphosis, accelerated growth, heterochrony, more...



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