canalization
noun
can·a·li·za·tion
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Definition of canalization
1
: an act or instance of canalizing
2
: a system of channels
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canalization
noun
ca·na·li·za·tion
variants:
or British canalisation \ ˌkan-ᵊl-ə-ˈzā-shən
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Medical Definition of canalization
1
: surgical formation of holes or canals for drainage without tubes
2
: natural formation of new channels in tissue (as formation of new blood vessels through a blood clot)
3
: establishment of new pathways in the central nervous system by repeated passage of nerve impulses
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: the developmental buffering and homeostatic processes by which a particular kind of organism forms a relatively constant phenotype although individuals may have a variety of genotypes and environmental conditions may vary