Dictionary entry

Histogenesis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

His′to‐gen″e‐sis (?), n. [Gr. ιστὅσ tissue + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; — the opposite of histolysis. (b) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.