: the breakdown of bodily tissues.

What is histolysis in biology?

Histolysis is the decay and dissolution of organic tissues or of blood. It is sometimes referred to as histodialysis. ... Increases in histolysis has been found to correspond with the pupal phase of insect metamorphosis, wherein larval organs break down before the histogenesis of the adult tissues occur.

What is histolysis and histogenesis?

The process of tissue-destruction is known as 'histolysis'; the rebuilding process is called 'histogenesis. '