canalization

canalization
/keuh nal'euh zay"sheuhn, kan'l-/, n.
1. the formation of canals; the act of canalizing.
2. Biol. the development of an organism along relatively predictable pathways despite abnormality or injury.
[1840-50; CANALIZE + -ATION]

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