Cell Function
cell adhesion
[ sel ad-hee-zhuhn ]
Subclass of:
Cell physiology
Definitions related to cell adhesion:
  • Adherence of cells to surfaces or to other cells.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The attachment of a cell, either to another cell or to an underlying substrate such as the extracellular matrix, via cell adhesion molecules.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • (cellular adhesion) The close adherence (bonding) to adjoining cell surfaces.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (cell adhesion process) A cellular process initiated by cell adhesion molecules which results in the attachment of a cell to either another cell or to an underlying substrate such as the extracellular matrix.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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