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nonreciprocal contact inhibition(medicine)
contact inhibition of growth(medicine)
contact inhibition of movement(medicine)
contact inhibition of phagocytosis(medicine)
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inhibition(dictionary)
INHIBITION, Eng(law)
End-Inhibition(health)

contact inhibition (medicine)


contact inhibition


The inhibition of continued growth and division of a cell or colony due to physical contact with other cells or colonies. The stopping of continued growth when a certain density of cells has been reached.

The momentary stopping of all movement when a mobile cell runs into another cell.