Definition of Stem cell

1. Noun. An undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells).

Generic synonyms: Somatic Cell, Vegetative Cell
Specialized synonyms: Hematopoeitic Stem Cell

Definition of Stem cell

1. Noun. (medicine cytology) A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stem Cell

stelliums
stellocentric
stells
stellular
stellulate
stelocyttarous
stelography
stem
stem-and-leaf
stem-cell
stem-cell research
stem-winder
stem and leaf
stem blight
stem canker
stem cell
stem cells
stem family
stem ginger
stem lettuce
stem node
stem stitch
stem the tide
stem turn
stem vowel
stemarene
stembok
stemboks

Literary usage of Stem cell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"For example if a pluripotent stem cell of a given tissue is hypersensitive to radiation, ... The stem cell theory (cancer as a disease of differentiation or ..."

2. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"A second division now takes place: first the first body cell and then the first stem cell divide, so that a three- and then a four-celled stage are produced ..."

3. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"Asci subcylindrical, base more or less pointed, often immersed for one-third of its length between the epidermal cells, 40-45 X 10 p., stem-cell absent; ..."

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