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a⋅gam⋅ic

  [uh-gam-ik]
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–adjective
1. Biology.
a. asexual.
b. occurring without sexual union; germinating without impregnation; not gamic.
2. Botany, Mycology. cryptogamic.
Also, ag⋅a⋅mous  [ag-uh-muhs] .

Origin:
1840–50; < Gk ágam(os) unwed (a- a- 6 + gámos marriage) + -ic

Related forms:
a⋅gam⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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a·gam·ic   (ā-gām'ĭk)   
adj.  Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.

[From Late Latin agamus, unmarried, from Greek agamos : a-, without; see a-1 + gamos, marriage; see -gamy.]
a·gam'i·cal·ly adv.
ag·a·mous   (āg'ə-məs)   
adj.  Variant of agamic.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: agam·ic
Pronunciation: (')A-'gam-ik
Function: adjective
: ASEXUAL, PARTHENOGENETIC —agam·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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agamic a·gam·ic (ā-gām'ĭk) or ag·a·mous (āg'ə-məs)
adj.
Occurring or reproducing without the union of male and female cells; asexual or parthenogenetic.

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