| 释义 |
his·tol·y·sis
\-ləsə̇s\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from hist- + -lysis
1. : the breakdown of bodily tissues
2. : the process by which in the pupa of a holometabolous insect many or most of the larval organs dissolve into a creamy material and leave intact only various groups of cells out of which new organs for the imago are formed |