Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
dif·fer·en·ti·a·tion Pronunciation:
-"ren-chE-'A-sh&n Function:
noun 1 a : the act of describing athing by giving its differentia
b : the enhancement of microscopically visible differences between tissue or cell parts by partial selective decolorization or removal of excess stain(as in regressive staining)
c : the development of a discriminating conditioned response with a positive response to one stimulus and absence of the response on the application ofsimilar but discriminably different stimuli
2 a : modification of different parts of the body for performance of particular functions;
also : specialization ofparts or organs in the course of evolution
b : the sum of the developmental processes whereby apparently unspecialized cells, tissues, and structures attain their adult form andfunction —compare
DETERMINATION 2
(dĭf'ə-rěn'shē-ā'shən) 