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am·phi·mix·is

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(ăm'fə-mĭk'sĭs) pronunciation
n., pl., -mix·es (-mĭk'sēz').
The union of the sperm and egg in sexual reproduction.

[AMPHI- + Greek mixis, a mingling (from mignunai, mik-, to mingle).]

amphimictic am'phi·mic'tic (-mĭk'tĭk) adj.

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:

am·phi·mix·is

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(ăm'fə-mĭk'sĭs)
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The union of the sperm and egg in sexual reproduction.

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