dedifferentiation

名词 dedifferentiation:

1. the loss of specialization in form or function

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n.Biology （名词）【生物学】
Regression of a specialized cell or tissue to a simpler, more embryonic, unspecialized form. Dedifferentiation may occur before the regeneration of appendages in plants and certain animals and in the development of some cancers.
去分化，反分化：指高度分化的细胞或组织向更简单，更初期非特化的形式的退化。去分化发生在植物和某些动物的附器的再生之前，或一些癌症出现的时候

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