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MeSH Heading: Contact Inhibition
Tree Number(s): G04.383
Unique ID: D003260
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003260
Scope Note: Arrest of cell locomotion or cell division when two cells come into contact.
Entry Version: CONTACT INHIB
Entry Term(s): Inhibition, Contact
Previous Indexing: Cytology (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(68)
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Contact Inhibition MeSH Descriptor Data 2025