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histogen

[ his-tuh-juhn, -jen ]

noun

, Botany.
  1. a region in a plant in which tissues differentiate.


histogen

/ ˈhɪstəˌdʒɛn /

noun

  1. (formerly) any of three layers in an apical meristem that were thought to give rise to the different parts of the plant: the apical meristem is now regarded as comprising two layers See corpus tunica
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of histogen1

First recorded in 1920–25; histo- + -gen
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Example Sentences

Histogen, a San Diego company with 25 employees, has raised $39 million from investors and $20 million in licensing fees as it seeks to develop a hair-growth drug.

“For a company like ours to spend millions of dollars on clinical trials, there has to be some assurance we can recoup those costs,” said Richard Pasco, Histogen’s chairman and chief executive.

What Histogen wants to inject in you are extracts from “neonatal cells grown under simulated embryonic conditions.”

Like Histogen, RepliCel’s consumer product would be an injectable.

The San Diego company Histogen has been around since 2007, making it a veteran in this inchoate field.

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