stromogenesis

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noun

The growth and development of stromata.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounstromogenesis (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe growth and development of stromata.

    There is a complex interplay of reciprocal stromal–epithelial interactions that essentially fools repair mechanisms resulting in changes in the ECM and the tumor stroma, a phenomena called “stromogenesis”.

    2010 February, OE Franco, “Cancer associated fibroblasts in cancer pathogenesis”, in Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, volume 21, number 1, page 33
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