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papillogenesis

papillogenesis noun: the formation of papillae.

Noun

papillogenesis

  1. The formation of papillae
    • To date, several phytochemicals in the light of chemoprevention have been studied by using suitable skin carcinogenic in vitro and in vivo models and proven as beneficial for prevention of skin cancer. 45 The effects of an aqueous infusion of saffron on two stage skin papillogenesis/carcinogenesis...2015 January 28, Prasan R. Bhandari, “Crocus sativus L. (saffron) for cancer chemoprevention: A mini review”, in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, volume 5, →DOI

Origin of papillogenesis

From papillo- + -genesis.

Questions about papillogenesis

What does papillogenesis mean?
Papillogenesis means the formation of papillae.
What part of speech is papillogenesis?
Papillogenesis is a noun.

Words near papillogenesis in the dictionary

  1. Papillions
  2. papillitis
  3. papillo-
  4. papilloedema
  5. papilloedemas
  6. papillogenesis
  7. papilloma
  8. papilloma virus
  9. papillomacular
  10. papillomae
  11. papillomagenesis

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