cytogenesis

Pronunciation:		`sItu'jenisis
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the origin and development of cells

	See Also:	development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Cy`togen"esis\ (s?`t?-j?n"?-s?s), n. [Gr. ???? hollow vessel + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See {Gemmation}, {Budding}, {Karyokinesis}; also {Cell development}, under {Cell}.