Organ or Tissue Function
amelogenesis
Subclass of:
Odontogenesis
Etymology:
Old French en = on + amel = enamel + Greek genesis = origin or production
Definitions related to amelogenesis:
  • The elaboration of dental enamel by ameloblasts, beginning with its participation in the formation of the dentino-enamel junction to the production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The process whose specific outcome is the formation of tooth enamel, occurring in two stages: secretory stage and maturation stage.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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