Definition
A spot-like junction between cells that acts like a tiny rivet, holding skin and heart muscle cells tightly together so they don't tear apart.
Etymology
From Greek 'desmos' (bond, link) and 'soma' (body). Coined in the early 1900s when scientists discovered these special connecting points under microscopes and needed a name for them.
Kelly Says
Your skin doesn't fall apart when you stretch or move because desmosomes are constantly doing invisible work—they're like biological spot-welds that make tissues bulletproof. People with autoimmune diseases sometimes attack their own desmosomes, which is why their skin blisters so easily.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ዴስሞሶም
de-smo-so-om
ARالعربية
جسم ربط
jism rabtah
BNবাংলা
ডিস্মোসোম
di-smo-som
CACatalà
desmosoma
dez-mo-so-ma
CSČeština
desmosom
dez-mo-som
DADansk
desmosom
dez-mo-som
DEDeutsch
Desmosom
dez-mo-som
ELΕλληνικά
δεσμώμα
des-mo-ma
ESEspañol
desmosoma
dez-mo-so-ma
FAفارسی
دِسموسم
dis-mo-som
FISuomi
desmosomi
dez-mo-so-mi
FRFrançais
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
GUGU
ડેસમોસોમ
de-sa-mo-sohm
HAHA
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
HEעברית
דֶסְמוֹסוֹם
des-mo-som
HIहिन्दी
डिस्मोसोम
dis-mo-som
HUMagyar
desmosom
dez-mo-som
IDBahasa Indonesia
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
IGIG
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
ITItaliano
desmosoma
dez-mo-so-ma
JA日本語
デスモソーム
desu-mo-so-mu
KKKK
десмосома
dez-mo-so-ma
KMKM
ដេសម៉ូសុម
de-sa-mo-so-m
MRMR
डिस्मोसोम
dis-mo-som
MSBahasa Melayu
desmosom
dez-mo-som
MYမြန်မာ
ဒေစမိုစိုမ်
da-sa-mo-so-m
NLNederlands
desmosom
dez-mo-som
NONorsk
desmosom
dez-mo-som
PAPA
ਡੇਸਮੋਸੋਮ
de-sa-mo-sohm
PLPolski
desmosoma
dez-mo-so-ma
PTPortuguês
desmossomo
dez-mo-so-mo
RORomână
desmosom
dez-mo-som
RUРусский
десмосома
dez-mo-so-ma
SVSvenska
desmosom
dez-mo-som
SWKiswahili
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
TAதமிழ்
தேசமோசோம்
the-sa-mo-sohm
TEతెలుగు
డిస్మోసోమ్
dis-mo-sohm
THไทย
เดสมอโซม
daes-mo-sohm
TLTL
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
TRTürkçe
desmosom
dez-mo-som
UKУкраїнська
десмосома
dez-mo-so-ma
URاردو
ڈسماسوسم
dis-ma-so-sm
VITiếng Việt
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
YOYO
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm
ZUZU
desmosome
dez-mo-sohm