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mechanosensitive

mechanosensitive adjective: sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure.

Adjective

mechanosensitive (comparative more mechanosensitive, superlative most mechanosensitive)

  1. Sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure.
    • a mechanosensitive ion channel

Forms of mechanosensitive

comparativemore mechanosensitive
superlativemost mechanosensitive

Origin of mechanosensitive

From mechano- + sensitive.

Words formed from mechanosensitive

Questions about mechanosensitive

What does mechanosensitive mean?
Mechanosensitive means sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure.
What part of speech is mechanosensitive?
Mechanosensitive is an adjective.

Words near mechanosensitive in the dictionary

  1. mechanosensed
  2. mechanosensilla
  3. mechanosensillae
  4. mechanosensillum
  5. mechanosensing
  6. mechanosensitive
  7. mechanosensitivities
  8. mechanosensitivity
  9. mechanosensor
  10. mechanosensors
  11. mechanosensory

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