Mechanosensing

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Responsivity to mechanical stimuli, especially at the cellular level or below uncountable

    "Mechanosensing is probably the least understood aspect of the whole process of mechanotransduction."

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"Mechanosensing is probably the least understood aspect of the whole process of mechanotransduction."

Etymology

From mechano- + sensing.

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