HISTOLYSIS
\hɪstˈɒləsˌɪs], \hɪstˈɒləsˌɪs], \h_ɪ_s_t_ˈɒ_l_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
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The dissolution of organic tissues; that process by which most of the pupal internal organs dissolve into a creamy fluid, except certain cells round which the new imaginal tissues are formed.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues, and of the blood. It includes the various forms of retrograde metamorphosis and degeneration.
By Robley Dunglison
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Dissolution or breaking down of tissues.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.