Usually means: Cell structure anchoring adjacent cells.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. desmosome: Merriam-Webster
  2. desmosome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desmosome: Collins English Dictionary
  4. desmosome: Wiktionary
  5. desmosome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. desmosome: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. desmosome: Dictionary.com
  8. Desmosome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. desmosome: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. desmosome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. desmosome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. desmosome: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (desmosome)

noun:  (biology) A structural unit that functions in the adhesion of cells to form tissue

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