"confluency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: confluencies [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin cōnfluentia. Doublet of confluence. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la-med|cōnfluentia}} Medieval Latin cōnfluentia, {{doublet|en|confluence}} Doublet of confluence Head templates: {{en-noun}} confluency (plural confluencies)
  1. (biology) The percentage of the surface of a culture dish that is covered by adherent cells Derived forms: hyperconfluency, postconfluency, semiconfluency, superconfluency
    Sense id: en-confluency-en-noun-KTe3p6Yg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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