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adhesome

adhesome noun: all the adhesion receptors of an organism.

Noun

adhesome (plural adhesomes)

  1. All the adhesion receptors of an organism

Forms of adhesome

pluraladhesomes

Origin of adhesome

From adhesion + -ome.

Questions about adhesome

What does adhesome mean?
Adhesome means all the adhesion receptors of an organism.
What part of speech is adhesome?
Adhesome is a noun.
What is the plural of adhesome?
The plural of adhesome is adhesomes.

Words near adhesome in the dictionary

  1. adhesiveness
  2. adhesivenesses
  3. adhesives
  4. adhesivities
  5. adhesivity
  6. adhesome
  7. adhesomes
  8. adhibit
  9. adhibited
  10. adhibiting
  11. adhibition

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