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sessile

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sessile
1. (of flowers or leaves) having no stalk; growing directly from the stem
2. (of animals such as the barnacle) permanently attached to a substratum

sessile [′ses·əl]
(botany)
Attached directly to a branch or stem without an intervening stalk.
(zoology)
Permanently attached to the substrate.


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These lesions are typically unilateral, sessile, submucosal, and reddish-blue.
albicans cells were in a sessile mode of growth compared with planktonic cells, with mRNA levels for the MDR1 gene transiently increased in 24-hour biofilms, which indicates that efflux pumps are upregulated in cells within a biofilm, possibly contributing to the observed azole resistance (9).
 
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