Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The formation and development of body tissues.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as histogeny.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.
  • noun Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.

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  • noun biology the formation and development of the tissues of an organism from embryonic cells

Etymologies

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histo- + -genesis

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Examples

  • The greater part of his book, indeed, is devoted to a study of the histogenesis of the different organs of the body; he is bent chiefly upon unravelling the part which each germ-layer takes in the formation of each tissue and organ.

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

  • Cytogenesis and histogenesis are briefly considered in the case of many tissues studied.

    The University of Virginia Record 1920

  • Cytogenesis and histogenesis are briefly considered in the case of many tissues studied.

    The University of Virginia Record 1919

  • Cytogenesis and histogenesis are briefly considered in the case of many tissues studied.

    The University of Virginia Record 1918

  • Cytogenesis and histogenesis are briefly considered in the case of many tissues studied.

    The University of Virginia Record 1917

  • The chick is used for the primary relations of the systems to one another; and this is followed by the study of pig embryos, where each system is taken up separately and the organology and histogenesis of its parts are studied.

    University of Virginia Record 1916

  • Cytogenesis and histogenesis are briefly considered in the case of many tissues studied; and the relation of the whole subject of histology to pathology is never lost sight of.

    University of Virginia Record 1916

  • The chick is used for the primary relations of the systems to one another; and this is followed by the study of pig embryos, where each system is taken up separately and the organology and histogenesis of its parts are studied.

    University of Virginia Record 1915

  • Cytogenesis and histogenesis are briefly considered in the case of many tissues studied; and the relation of the whole subject of histology to pathology is never lost sight of.

    University of Virginia Record 1915

  • The chick is used for the primary relations of the systems to one another; and this is followed by the study of pig embryos, where each system is taken up separately and the organology and histogenesis of its parts are studied.

    University of Virginia Record 1912

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