DESMOSOME


Meaning of DESMOSOME in English

/dez"meuh sohm'/ , n. Cell Biol.

a plaquelike site on a cell surface that functions in maintaining cohesion with an adjacent cell.

[ 1930-35; desm ( ós ) band, chain (see DESMID) + -O- + -SOME 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .