Medical Dictionary

emancipation

noun eman·ci·pa·tion \i-ˌman(t)-sə-ˈpā-shən\

Medical Definition of EMANCIPATION

:  gradual separation of an original homogeneous embryo into fields with different specific potentialities for development

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