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intermicrovillar

intermicrovillar adjective: between microvilli.

Adjective

intermicrovillar (not comparable)

  1. Between microvilli.
    • Furthermore, monolayers express microvilli upon differentiation, and LNPs need to navigate into the intermicrovillar space in order for endocytosis to occur.2015 July 21, “Lipidoid Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery to the Intestinal Epithelium: In Vitro Investigations in a Caco-2 Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of intermicrovillar

From inter- + microvillar.

Questions about intermicrovillar

What does intermicrovillar mean?
Intermicrovillar means between microvilli.
What part of speech is intermicrovillar?
Intermicrovillar is an adjective.

Words near intermicrovillar in the dictionary

  1. intermicronational organisation
  2. intermicronational organisations
  3. intermicronationally
  4. intermicrosaccade
  5. intermicrotubule
  6. intermicrovillar
  7. intermicturition
  8. intermigration
  9. intermigrations
  10. intermilitary
  11. intermillennial

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