Usually means: Substance guiding tissue development, differentiation.
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  1. morphogen: Merriam-Webster
  2. morphogen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. morphogen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. morphogen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. morphogen: Wordnik
  6. morphogen: Wiktionary
  7. morphogen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. morphogen: Dictionary.com
  9. Morphogen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. morphogen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. morphogen: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. morphogen: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. morphogen: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (morphogen)

noun:  Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.

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