cnidogenesis

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English

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Etymology

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From cnido- +‎ -genesis.

Noun

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cnidogenesis (uncountable)

  1. (cytology) The formation of cnidocytes.
    • 2015 August 5, “Structural and Developmental Disparity in the Tentacles of the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia sp . 1”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      In the hydromedusa Clytia hemisphaerica, cell division and cnidogenesis is primarily restricted to interstitial stem cells in the proximal tentacle bulbs.