Lysenkoism

noun
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Definition of Lysenkoism

: a biological doctrine asserting the fundamental influence of somatic and environmental factors on heredity in contradiction of orthodox genetics

First Known Use of Lysenkoism

1948, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Lysenkoism

Trofim Lysenko

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Lysenkoism

noun
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Medical Definition of Lysenkoism

: a biological doctrine asserting the fundamental influence of somatic and environmental factors on heredity in contradiction of orthodox genetics

called also Michurinism