organogenesisn.
/ˌɔːɡənəʊˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, /ɔːˌɡanəʊˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, /ˌɔːɡn̩əʊˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrɡənoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/, /ɔrˌɡænoʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Biology.
The differentiation or (ontogenetic or phylogenetic) development of an organ or organs. Cf. earlier organogeny n.
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the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun]
organogenesis1865
auxesis1900
the world > life > the body > system > [noun] > organ > formation of
organogeny1844
organogenesis1865
organoplasty1892
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > formation or regeneration of parts
regeneration?a1425
organogeny1844
morphosis1857
organogenesis1865
angiogenesis1888
recrescence1890
neurotization1892
heteromorphosis1894
homoeosis1894
holomorphosis1901
homomorphosis1901
organ regeneration1923
neovascularization1952
1865 G. Bentham Handbk. Brit. Flora (ed. 2) I. p. xliv The study of the early formation and growth of the floral organs, called Organogenesis, has been considered essential for the correct appreciation of the affinities of plants.
1868 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 417 Just as we create new mineral species, that is, cause to appear organic forms which virtually exist in the laws of organogenesis, but which Nature has not yet realized.
1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. I. Gen. Introd. 14 A fixed and permanent state of the organogenesis of man.
1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man i. 93 Human Organogenesis is a transitory comparative Anatomy.
1949 Nature 30 July 167/1 Any adequate account of organogenesis at the fern apex must not only include leaf formation but must also include the phenomenon of bud inhibition.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. June 68/3 From the morphological point of view the most frequently accepted view concerning gonadal organogenesis is that the fertile parts of the gonads..arise from the covering epithelium of the abdominal cavity.
1990 Jrnl. Zool. 222 624 In the Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana, later stage embryos have been cultured during organogenesis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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