Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The origination and development or formation of organic tissues or textures; the fabrication by cells of cells and cell-products; the integration, differentiation, and specialization of structural form-elements. Also
histogenesis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) Same as
histogenesis .
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- noun
histogenesis
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Examples
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These are the simple foundations of histogeny, or the science that treats of the development of the tissues (hista), as it was established by Remak and Kolliker.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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On this firm foundation provided by Remak for histogeny, or the science of the formation of the tissues, our knowledge has been gradually built up and enlarged in detail.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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