morphogenesis (redirected from morphogenic)

mor·pho·gen·e·sis  (môrf-jn-ss)

n.

Formation of the structure of an organism or part; differentiation and growth of tissues and organs during development.

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morpho·ge·netic (-j-ntk), morpho·genic adj.

morpho·ge·neti·cal·ly adv.

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morphogenesis [ˌmɔːfəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the development of form and structure in an organism during its growth from embryo to adult

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the evolutionary development of form in an organism or part of an organism

morphogenetic  [ˌmɔːfəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk], morphogenic adj

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morphogenesis  (môrf-jn-ss)

Formation of the structure of an organism or part involving differentiation and growth of tissues and organs during development.

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morphogenesis

the origin(s) of the various aspects of the form of an organism. Also called morphogeny. — morphogenetic, adj.

See also: Form

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Noun

1.

morphogenesis - differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"