Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cell-adhesion molecule

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: cel-l-ad-he-sion -molecule
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of cell-surface proteins, typically glycoproteins, which enable and/or stabilize physical connections between cells or between a cell and an acellular material, such as an extracellular matrix

Example Sentences

"2000, Lodish, et al., Molecular Cell Biology, W H Freeman and Company, "Section 22.1 Cell-Cell Adhesion and Communication" In order for cells in tissues to function in an integrated manner, specialized junctions consisting of clustered cell-adhesion molecules are essential."

Inflected Forms

cell-adhesion molecules (plural)

Questions

What does cell-adhesion molecule mean?: Any of a class of cell-surface proteins, typically glycoproteins, which enable and/or stabilize physical connections between cells or between a cell and an acellular material, such as an extracellular matrix

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