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coadhesion

coadhesion noun: adhesion along with another material.

Noun

coadhesion (uncountable)

  1. adhesion along with another material
    • It was also reported that Mfa1 fimbriae are essential for coadhesion and community formation with oral commensal bacteria such as Streptococcus gordonii [11 ] and for survival within human myeloid dendritic cells [15 ].2015 October 6, “Mfa4, an Accessory Protein of Mfa1 Fimbriae, Modulates Fimbrial Biogenesis, Cell Auto-Aggregation, and Biofilm Formation in Porphyromonas gingivalis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of coadhesion

From co- + adhesion.

Questions about coadhesion

What does coadhesion mean?
Coadhesion means adhesion along with another material.
What part of speech is coadhesion?
Coadhesion is a noun.

Words near coadhesion in the dictionary

  1. coadds
  2. Coade stone
  3. Coade stones
  4. coadequate
  5. coadherence
  6. coadhesion
  7. coadhesive
  8. coadjacence
  9. coadjacency
  10. coadjacent
  11. coadjoint

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