释义 |
his·tol·y·sis \-ləsə̇s\ noun Etymology: New Latin, from hist- + -lysis 1. : the breakdown of bodily tissues 2. : the process by which in the pupa of a holometabolous insect many or most of the larval organs dissolve into a creamy material and leave intact only various groups of cells out of which new organs for the imago are formed |