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de•dif•fer•en•ti•a•tion
(dē dif′ə ren′shē ā′shən),USA pronunciation n. [Biol.]
- Developmental Biologya process by which structures or behaviors that were specialized for a specific function lose their specialization and become simplified or generalized.
- de- + differentiation 1915–20
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