also Brit  or*ga*nis*er  n 1  :  one that organizes  2  :  a region of a developing embryo (as the chordamesoderm of the dorsal lip of the vertebrate blastopore) or a substance produced by such a region that is capable of inducing a specific type of development in undifferentiated tissue - called also inductor  .
 
 
 
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