stromogenesis

English

Noun

stromogenesis (uncountable)

1. (very rare) The growth and development of stromata.
   • 2010 February, OE Franco, “Cancer associated fibroblasts in cancer pathogenesis”, in Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, volume 21, number 1, page 33:

     There is a complex interplay of reciprocal stromal–epithelial interactions that essentially fools repair mechanisms resulting in changes in the ECM and the tumor stroma, a phenomena called “stromogenesis”.

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• stromogenic