noun
- plural of histolysis; the breakdown or dissolution of body tissues, especially during metamorphosis in insects or in pathological conditions
Usage: biology; medical
Examples
- During insect metamorphosis, histolyses of larval tissues occur to make way for adult structures.
- The histolyses of muscle tissue in certain diseases can lead to weakness and atrophy.
- Researchers studied the histolyses processes in tadpoles as they transformed into frogs.
- Programmed histolyses is essential for the proper development of many organisms.
- The histolyses of the old wing structures in butterflies happens before new wings form.