# contact inhibition

> the cellular process in which cells stop growing or dividing in response to increased cell density

**Wikidata**: [Q3151077](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3151077)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_inhibition)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/contact-inhibition


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01
3. UMLS 2023
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)