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morphogenesis

/ˌmɔrfəˈdʒɛnəsəs/
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Definitions of morphogenesis
  1. noun
    differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
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    development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
    (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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