hypermorphosis

Etymology

From hyper- + morphosis.

hypermorphosis means extended morphosis. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Extended morphosis“There are three classes of changes to developmentally accomplish paedo- or peramorphosis: (1) progenesis or hypermorphosis, where maturation with respect to the trait is reached early in the former and continues late in the latter; (2) neoteny or acceleration, where development occurs more slowly in the former and more rapidly in the latter; and (3) pre-displacement or postdisplacement, where deve”