释义 |
morphogenic, a.|mɔːfəʊˈdʒɛnɪk| [f. morphogenesis + -ic.] = morphogenetic.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1904Science 2 Dec. 749/2 The specific morphogenic factors are connected in some way with specific forms of protoplasm. 1958C. P. Raven Morphogenesis: Analysis of Molluscan Development v. 186 The notion of morphogenic substances should not be taken too strictly, as if there were a rectilinear relation between a single substance and the differentiation of a certain organ. 1972G. D. Winter in Maibach & Rovee Epidermal Wound Healing iv. 104 It is thought that in the normal epidermis the morphogenic force is the pressure of mitosis. |