| Term: | epidermal cell delamination |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | epidermal cell |
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| Synonyms: | epidermal cells |
| Definition: | A cell found in the outermost layer of the organism. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009183] |
| Name: | delamination |
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| Definition: | The process of negative regulation of cell adhesion that results in a cell or sheet of cells splitting off from an existing epithelial sheet. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060232] QuickGO AmiGO |