DEDIFFERENTIATION


Meaning of DEDIFFERENTIATION in English

/dee dif'euh ren'shee ay"sheuhn/ , n. Biol.

a process by which structures or behaviors that were specialized for a specific function lose their specialization and become simplified or generalized.

[ 1915-20; DE- + DIFFERENTIATION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .