Histogenesis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Histogenesis \His`to*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. "isto`s 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.


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