Mechanosensing vs Mechanosensitive - What's the difference?

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Mechanosensing is a related term of mechanosensitive.

In biology|lang=en terms the difference between mechanosensing and mechanosensitive

is that mechanosensing is (biology) responsivity to mechanical stimuli, especially at the cellular level or below while mechanosensitive is (biology) sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure.

As a noun mechanosensing

is (biology) responsivity to mechanical stimuli, especially at the cellular level or below.

As an adjective mechanosensitive is

(biology) sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure.

mechanosensing

English

Noun

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(biology) Responsivity to mechanical stimuli, especially at the cellular level or below

*{{quote-book, 2005, S.R.K. Vedula et al., chapter=Role of external physical forces in cell signal transduction, Biomechanics at micro- and nanoscale levels citation

, passage=Mechanosensing is probably the least understood aspect of the whole process of mechanotransduction.}}

mechanosensitive

English

Adjective

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(biology) Sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure

a mechanosensitive ion channel

Derived terms

*mechanosensitivity