Medical Dictionary
hemidesmosome
noun hemi·des·mo·some \-ˈdez-mə-ˌsōm\
Medical Definition of HEMIDESMOSOME
: a specialization of the plasma membrane of an epithelial cell that is similar to half a desmosome and serves to connect the basal surface of the cell to the basement membrane
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