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cytoadherence

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin adhaerentiader. Middle French adhérenceder. English adherence English cytoadherence From cyto- + adherence.

  1. derived from adhaerentia
  2. derived from adhérence
  3. prefixed as cytoadherence — “cyto + adherence”

Definitions

  1. The adherence of cells to a biological surface, especially to endothelium.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cytoadherence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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