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compaction
A process in embryonic development in which cells squeeze together to form junctional complexes that allow small molecules to pass between them.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Anatomy, physiology and embryology
Level of specialization High
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Variants
Antonym
decompaction
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

compactación

Valenciano

compactació
Associated concepts
Type of
process
Examples
The morula stage transpires roughly 4 days after conception, during which all embryonic cells undergo compaction, merging their cytoplasm to create a syncytium.
This group suggested that the trophoblasts have a larger dimension to absorb NPs and that the ICM can expel the NPs during the compaction phase.
Collocations
WITH NOUNS
process of | initiation of compaction
|| compaction patterns
WITH ADJECTIVES
unequal | partial | normal || chromatin || embryo compaction
WITH VERBS
undergo || reflect || block | reverse compaction