telogenesis

English

Etymology

telo- +‎ -genesis

Noun

telogenesis (uncountable)

1. (geology) The process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift
   • 1983, J. Kantorowicz, “The nature, origin and distribution of authigenic clay minerals from Middle Jurassic Ravescar and Brent Group sandstones”, in Clay Minerals (1984)‎^[1], number 19, archived from the original on 5 March 2016, page 373:

     Telogenesis may result from regression, unroofing and the introduction of surface waters or complete exposure and weathering.

2. (medicine, anatomy) The final growth state of a hair or feather follicle
   • 1996, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 24:

     […] after the age of 30, the percentage in anagenesis begins to fall [20] and the proportion in telogenesis increases [11].

Coordinate terms

• (geological process): eogenesis, mesogenesis
• (follicular growth state): anagenesis, catagenesis

Related terms

• diagenesis
• telogenetic

See also

• teleogenesis