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Definition of Contact inhibition
1. Noun. Inhibition of cell division in normal (noncancerous) cells when they contact a neighboring cell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Contact inhibition
1. 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. (09 Oct 1997)
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