mechanosensing
English
Etymology
mechano- + sensing
Noun
mechanosensing (uncountable)
- (biology) Responsivity to mechanical stimuli, especially at the cellular level or below
- 2005, S.R.K. Vedula et al., “Role of external physical forces in cell signal transduction”, in Hiroshi Wada, editor, Biomechanics at micro- and nanoscale levels, →ISBN, page 83:
- Mechanosensing is probably the least understood aspect of the whole process of mechanotransduction.
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Related terms
- chemosensing
- mechanosensor, mechanosensory
- mechanosensitive
- mechanotransduction