Meanings
adjectivecytoadherent (comparative more cytoadherent, superlative most cytoadherent)
comparative more cytoadherent · superlative most cytoadherent
- Relating to, or exhibiting cytoadherence
It is at the blood stage that malaria parasites manifest malaria pathology by modifying the infected erythrocytes making them cytoadherent [ 1 ].
2015 August 12, Tawanda Zininga et al., “Plasmodium falciparum Hop (PfHop) Interacts with the Hsp70 Chaperone in a Nucleotide-Dependent Fashion and Exhibits Ligand Selectivity”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI
Origin
- Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
- Englishcyto-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Latinhaereō
- Latinadhaereō
- Latinadhaerēns
- Old Frenchadherent
- Middle Englishadherent
- Englishadherent
- Englishcytoadherent
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Chicago
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