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

contactin
contacting
contactinhibin
contactor
contactors
contacts
contact action
contact allergy
contact area
contact arm
contact ceptor
contact cheilitis
contact dermatitis
contact dermatitis
contact following
contact guidance (current term)
contact hypersensitivity
contact illumination
contact induced spreading
contact inhibition
contact inhibition of growth
contact inhibition of movement
contact inhibition of phagocytosis
contact lens
contact lens
contact lenses
contact lens solutions
contact point
contact print
contact rate

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