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De Novo
/deɪˈnoʊvoʊ/
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What does De Novo mean?
adjective
- Anew, afresh, from the beginning; without consideration of previous instances, proceedings or determinations.
adverb
- Anew (from the beginning).
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IPA pronunciation
/deɪˈnoʊvoʊ/
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It is taken up de novo by some inventor, stimulated by the needs of his time, and falling again upon the track, he recovers the old footmarks, follows them up, and completes the work.
The student was obliged to begin de novo with the old statutes and decisions, and to make up the science for himself by a difficult induction, which not many young men were able to do successfully.
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But a polyp only gives rise to a medusa because it has itself arisen from one, and there can be no question of a medusa ever having arisen suddenly and de novo from a polyp-bud, if only because both forms are adapted in their structure as a whole, and in every detail to the conditions of their life.