Definition & Meaning | English word MORPHALLAXIS
MORPHALLAXIS
Definitions of MORPHALLAXIS
- (biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue.
Number of letters
12
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using MORPHALLAXIS in a Sentence
- The shift in Hox gene expression in the blastema during posterior regeneration is indicative of limited morphallaxis, in addition to epimorphic regeneration.
- Building off of the work of German embryologist Wilhelm Roux, who suggested regeneration was two cooperative but distinct pathways instead of one, Morgan named the two parts of the regenerative process epimorphosis and morphallaxis.
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