cnidogenesis

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Etymology edit

cnido- +‎ -genesis

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cnidogenesis (uncountable)

(cytology) The formation of cnidocytes.
- 2015 August 5, “Structural and Developmental Disparity in the Tentacles of the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia sp . 1”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:
  In the hydromedusa Clytia hemisphaerica, cell division and cnidogenesis is primarily restricted to interstitial stem cells in the proximal tentacle bulbs.

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