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MeSH Heading: Friction
Tree Number(s): G01.374.618
Unique ID: D017276
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017276
Annotation: biological and non-biological application
Scope Note: Surface resistance to the relative motion of one body against the rubbing, sliding, rolling, or flowing of another with which it is in contact.
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Date Introduced: 1993/01/01
Last Updated: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

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