Definition of Cytogenesis

1. Noun. The origin and development and variation of cells.

Exact synonyms: Cytogeny
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
Derivative terms: Cytogenetic

Definition of Cytogenesis

1. n. Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.

Definition of Cytogenesis

1. Noun. The formation, development and variation of cells ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cytogenesis

1. The origin and development of cells. Origin: cyto-+ G. Genesis, origin (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytogenesis

cytocyst
cytode
cytodes
cytodiagnosis
cytodiagnostic
cytodieresis
cytodifferentiation
cytodomain
cytodomains
cytofluorimetric
cytofluorogram
cytofluorograms
cytofluorometer
cytofluorometry
cytogene
cytogenesis (current term)
cytogenetic
cytogenetic band
cytogenetic bands
cytogenetic map
cytogenetical
cytogenetically
cytogeneticist
cytogeneticists
cytogenetics
cytogenic
cytogenies
cytogenous
cytogeny

Literary usage of Cytogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1844)
"Although the doctrine of cytogenesis undoubtedly embraces a vast number of facts, late researches have shown that it is not so universally applicable as ..."

2. Principles of Comparative Physiology by William Benjamin Carpenter (1854)
"Each of these modes of cytogenesis, or cell-development, will now be separately considered. 385. The multiplication of Cells by duplicative subdivision, ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1842)
"The subject of cytogenesis generally. 2. The leading modifications of the ... 0. Under certain pathological conditions. 1. Of cytogenesis generally. ..."

4. The Bulletin of Medical Science (1845)
"... it has been well established for the hist twenty years, long before any theory regarding it was formed, or the doctrine of cytogenesis heard of. ..."

5. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... in the determination of the character of a morbid fluid from the study of its cellular elemente. cytogenesis (sai-to-im'e-sts, L. cü-to-ge'ne- eis). ..."

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