Relating to or characterized by ectogenesis; describing development that occurs outside the normal biological environment.
From 'ectogenesis' + '-ic' (relating to). This adjective form allows scientists to describe conditions, organisms, or processes that develop artificially outside their natural setting.
When scientists talk about 'ectogenetic development,' they're describing the science that might one day let us grow human organs from scratch in laboratories—it sounds like science fiction but it's becoming real.
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