codifferentiation
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
co- + differentiation or codifferentiate + -ion
Noun[edit]
codifferentiation (uncountable)
- (calculus) The act or process of obtaining the codifferential of a function, or a function which obtains the codifferential
- (biology) To differentiate in parallel, as in embryonic or evolutionary development
- 1983, J.M. Williams, C.W. Daniel, “Mammary ductal elongation”, in Developmental Biology[2], volume 97, number 2:
- The codifferentiation of myoepithelium and its basement membrane is associated with changes in the surrounding stroma.