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PHYLOGENETICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phylogenetically mean?
• PHYLOGENETICALLY (adverb)
The adverb PHYLOGENETICALLY has 1 sense:
1. with regard to phylogeny
Familiarity information: PHYLOGENETICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With regard to phylogeny
Context example:
a phylogenetically primitive part of the brain
Pertainym:
phylogenetic (of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms)
Context examples
The representation of the phylogenetically oldest part of the corpus striatum called the paleostriatum.
(Globus Pallidus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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