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[mawr-fuh-lak-sis] 
fəˈlæk
–noun, plural -lax⋅es [-lak-seez] .
[-lak-seez] . | Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells. |
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| mor·phal·lax·is (môr'fə-lāk'sĭs) n. pl. mor·phal·lax·es (-lāk'sēz) The regeneration of a body part by means of structural or cellular reorganization with only limited production of new cells, observed primarily in invertebrate organisms, such as certain lobsters. [New Latin : morph(o)- + Greek allaxis, exchange (from allassein, to exchange, from allos, other; see al-1 in Indo-European roots).] |
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