Medical Definition of Contact guidance

1. Directed locomotory response of cells to an anisotropy of the environment, for example the tendency of fibroblasts to align along ridges or parallel to the alignment of collagen fibres in a stretched gel. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contact Guidance

cont
cont'd
contact
contact-lens
contact-type dermatitis
contact action
contact allergy
contact area
contact arm
contact ball
contact ceptor
contact cheilitis
contact dermatitis
contact details
contact following
contact guidance (current term)
contact high
contact hypersensitivity
contact illumination
contact induced spreading
contact inhibition
contact inhibition of growth
contact inhibition of movement
contact inhibition of phagocytosis
contact juggling
contact language
contact lens
contact lens solutions
contact lenses
contact metamorphism

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