Usually means: Retention of juvenile features in adults.
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  1. pedomorphosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. pedomorphosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pedomorphosis: Wiktionary
  4. pedomorphosis: Dictionary.com
  5. Pedomorphosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. pedomorphosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pedomorphosis: Encyclopedia

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  1. pedomorphosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. pedomorphosis: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pedomorphosis)

▸ noun:  (zoology) The retention of juvenile traits by an adult; neoteny.

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paedomorphosis, neoteny, pedomorphism, paedomorphy, pedomorphy, paedomorphism, juvenilization, gerontomorphosis, nealogy, epimorphosis, more...

Opposite:
peramorphosis, hypermorphosis

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Similar:
paedomorphosis, neoteny, pedomorphism, paedomorphy, pedomorphy, paedomorphism, juvenilization, gerontomorphosis, nealogy, epimorphosis, more...

Opposite:
peramorphosis, hypermorphosis



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