chemodifferentiation

noun
che·​mo·​dif·​fer·​en·​ti·​a·​tion | \ -ˌdif-ə-ˈren-chē-ˈā-shən How to pronounce chemodifferentiation (audio) \

Medical Definition of chemodifferentiation

: differentiation at the molecular level assumed to precede morphological differentiation in embryogenesis