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Endogeny :: Endogeny (n.) Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell..

Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed..

Sarcoma :: Sarcoma (n.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance..

Sterlet :: Sterilize (v. t.) To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms..

Plica :: Plica (v.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches..

Animism :: Animism (n.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body..

Embryology :: Embryology (n.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

Ledgment :: Ledgment (n.) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained..

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) Development; disclosure; discovery.

Cytoblast :: Cytoblast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place..

Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.

Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism..

Muscle :: Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight..

Hotbed :: Hotbed (n.) A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition..

Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..

Rampancy :: Rampancy (n.) The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.

Rudiment :: Rudiment (n.) That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.

Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis..

Xanthoma :: Xanthoma (n.) A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also xanthelasma..

Karyokinesis :: Karyokinesis (n.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell..

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