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Webster 1913 Edition


Histogenesis

Hisˊto-gen′e-sis

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Noun.
[Gr.
ἱστόσ
tissue + E.
genesis
.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; – the opposite of histolysis.
(b)
Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
Haeckel.