"panmixia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From New Latin panmixia, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|panmixia}} New Latin panmixia, {{der|en|grc|παν-||every, all}} Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”), {{m|grc|μίξις||mixing, mingling}} μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”), {{der|en|la|-ia}} Latin -ia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} panmixia (uncountable)
  1. (ecology) A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Ecology
    Sense id: en-panmixia-en-noun-iyZjV-nR Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
  2. (biology) The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-panmixia-en-noun-h6yUBTKr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: panmixis [ecology, biology, natural-sciences], panmixus [ecology, biology, natural-sciences] Related terms: panmictic

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