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adhesins

adhesins is the plural of adhesin.

Meaning of adhesin

Noun

adhesin (plural adhesins)

  1. Any of several factors that enable bacteria to adhere to epithelial surfaces as a step towards infection.

Questions about adhesins

What is adhesins the plural of?
Adhesins is the plural of adhesin.

Words near adhesins in the dictionary

  1. adhesible
  2. adhesin
  3. adhesine
  4. adhesines
  5. adhesing
  6. adhesins
  7. adhesiogenesis
  8. adhesiogenic
  9. adhesiolysis
  10. adhesiolytic
  11. adhesion

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