pangenesis (pænˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| See also blastogenesis a former theory of heredity, that each body cell produces hereditary particles that circulate in the blood before collecting in the reproductive cells | |
| pangenetic | |
| —adj | |
| pange'netically | |
| —adv | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |