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Progeny 1100 Words You Need Week 16 Day 4

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Progeny 1100 Words You Need

Progeny 1100 Words You Need

/ˈprɒdʒ.ə.ni/ (noun)

  1. the young or offspring of an animal, plant, or a person, offspring of organism, children, descendants, issue, scions
  2. something that results or develops from something else, byproduct, end-result

…Yig’s chief trait was a relentless devotion to his children—a devotion so great that the redskins almost feared to protect themselves from the venomous rattlesnakes which thronged the region. Frightful clandestine tales hinted of his vengeance upon mortals who flouted him or wreaked harm upon his wriggling progeny; his chosen method being to turn his victim, after suitable tortures, to a spotted snake.

Source: https://lovecraft.fandom.com/

Because genetic material is propagated over extended periods of time due to the self-renewal properties of stem cells, the compounding mutations required for tumorigenesis have been hypothesized to arise in these rare cells and not their more numerous progeny, which have a finite lifespan once committed to differentiation.

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Progeny: The children and other descendants. For example one might say that the progeny of someone with a genetic (inherited) condition such as Huntington disease are themselves at risk for the disease. The word “progeny” is the progeny of the Latin verb “progignere ” meaning “to beget.”

Source: https://www.medicinenet.com/

Farsi: اولاد، فرزند، دودمان


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