Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main Page
Community portal
Requested entries
Recent changes
Random entry
Help
Glossary
Contact us
Special pages
Search
Search
Appearance
Donations
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Donations
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Contents
move to sidebar
hide
Beginning
1
English
Toggle English subsection
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Derived terms
1.2.2
Related terms
1.2.3
Translations
Toggle the table of contents
desmosome
7 languages
Français
Bahasa Indonesia
Italiano
Malagasy
Polski
தமிழ்
Tiếng Việt
Entry
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
In other projects
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
[
edit
]
Etymology
[
edit
]
From
desmo-
+
-some
.
Noun
[
edit
]
English
Wikipedia
has an article on:
desmosome
Wikipedia
desmosome
(
plural
desmosomes
)
(
biology
)
A
structural
unit that functions in the
adhesion
of
cells
to form
tissue
Derived terms
[
edit
]
corneodesmosome
hemidesmosome
Related terms
[
edit
]
desmosomal
desmosomic
Translations
[
edit
]
a structural unit that functions in the adhesion of cells to form tissue
French:
desmosome
(fr)
m
German:
Desmosom
(de)
n
Indonesian:
desmosom
(id)
Italian:
desmosoma
(it)
m
Portuguese:
desmossomo
m
,
desmossoma
m
Spanish:
desmosoma
m
Categories
:
English terms prefixed with desmo-
English terms suffixed with -some
English lemmas
English nouns
English countable nouns
en:Biology
Hidden categories:
Pages with entries
Pages with 1 entry
Entries with translation boxes
Terms with French translations
Terms with German translations
Terms with Indonesian translations
Terms with Italian translations
Terms with Portuguese translations
Terms with Spanish translations
Search
Search
Toggle the table of contents
desmosome
7 languages
Add topic