Dedifferentiation Definition
dēdĭf-ə-rĕnshē-āshən
noun
A reversal of cell development, esp. in plants, so that the differentiation that had occurred previously is lost and the cell becomes more generalized in structure.
Webster's New World
The loss or reversal of differentiation.
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Other Word Forms of Dedifferentiation
Noun
Singular:
dedifferentiation
Plural:
dedifferentiationsOrigin of Dedifferentiation
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de- + differentiation
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