contact inhibition
noun Biology.
the cessation of movement, growth, and division in cells that touch each other.
Origin of contact inhibition
First recorded in 1960–65
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Medical definitions for contact inhibition
contact inhibition
n.
Cessation of replication of dividing cells that come into contact.