histogenesis

[his-tuh-jen-uh-sis]

noun

Biology.

1. the origin and development of tissues.

histogenesis

/ ˌhɪstəʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk, hɪˈstɒdʒənɪ, ˌhɪstəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

1. the formation of tissues and organs from undifferentiated cells

Other Word Forms

• histogenetic adjective
• histogenetically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of histogenesis¹

First recorded in 1850–55; histo- + -genesis

Example Sentences

Yun, K., Garel, S., Fischman, S. & Rubenstein, J. L. R. Patterning of the lateral ganglionic eminence by the Gsh1 and Gsh2 homeobox genes regulates striatal and olfactory bulb histogenesis and the growth of axons through the basal ganglia.

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The changes have been found to be made up of two sets of processes: histolysis, by which the whole or part of a structure disappears: and histogenesis, or the formation of the new structure.

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As to the nature of histogenesis, nothing more can be said than that it appears to be a phenomenon similar to embryonic growth, though limited to certain spots.

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This process can therefore only be looked on as a secondary one that hastens and perfects the destruction necessary to permit of the accompanying histogenesis.

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Histolysis and Histogenesis.—The process of destruction of the larval tissues was first studied in the forms where metamorphosis is greatest and most abrupt, viz. in the Muscid Diptera.

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