myogenesisn.
/ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmaɪoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Embryology.
The embryonic development of muscle.
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1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 183/2 Myogenesis, the production of muscular tissue.
1921 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 58 182 (heading) Tension of differential growth as a stimulus to myogenesis.
1956 Biol. Bull. 111 303 This relationship prompted a re-examination of the situation in amphibian embryos, where it has been claimed that the notochord is essential to somitic myogenesis.
1990 Brain 113 442 During human myogenesis, muscle cells which degenerate do so at the myotube stage.
2002 Development 129 2675 Pioneers participate in the formation of multinucleated fibers during secondary myogenesis by fusing with younger cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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