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Mechanosensitivity vs Mechanosensitive - What's the difference?

mechanosensitivity | mechanosensitive | Derived terms |

Mechanosensitivity is a derived term of mechanosensitive.


As a noun mechanosensitivity

is sensitivity to a mechanical stimulus.

As an adjective mechanosensitive is

(biology) sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure.

mechanosensitivity

English

Noun

  • sensitivity to a mechanical stimulus

    • mechanosensitive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure
    • a mechanosensitive ion channel

    Derived terms

    *mechanosensitivity

    Related terms

    *mechanosensing *mechanosensory *chemosensitive