morphogenesis.

The processes through which an organism or its parts acquire their shape during development.

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Words that belong together

• tissue morphogenesis
• embryonic morphogenesis

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The growth chamber allowed them to watch tissue morphogenesis in real time.

A disturbance in morphogenesis altered the spacing of the creature's limbs.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.