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tight junctions

tight junctions is the plural of tight junction.

Meaning of tight junction

Noun

tight junction (plural tight junctions)

  1. An intercellular junction between epithelial cells whose membranes join together to form a virtually impermeable barrier to fluid.

Questions about tight junctions

What is tight junctions the plural of?
Tight junctions is the plural of tight junction.

Words near tight junctions in the dictionary

  1. tight five
  2. tight fives
  3. tight head
  4. tight heads
  5. tight junction
  6. tight junctions
  7. tight lips
  8. tight loop
  9. tight loops
  10. tight money
  11. tight oil

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