Antimerism

/ænˈtɪmərɪzəm/ noun

The principle, practice, or theory of antimeres; the state of having bilateral or mirror-image symmetry in biological structures.

From antimere + -ism suffix. Used in theoretical biology to describe the concept of symmetrical organization and its implications for evolution and anatomy.

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