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Stem cell
A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.
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A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| progenitor cellnoun | (cytology) A form of stem cell that is specialised to differentiate into a single type of cell |
| stemlinenoun | (linguistics) The line connecting individual letters in Ogham. |
| cytodifferentiationnoun | The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones |
| somatic cellnoun | (cytology) Any normal cell of an organism that is not involved in reproduction; a cell that is not on the germline. |
| clonenoun | A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it. |
| holoclonenoun | (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a higher growth potential than a meroclone because it does not contain differentiated cells |
| cell linenoun | (genetics) A biological tissue or group of individual cells that are genetically identical as a result of dividing mitotically from a single progenitor cell. |
| celltypenoun | Alternative form of cell type. [(cytology) A morphologically distinct form of cell] |
| multipotential | (biology) The differentiation potential of a multipotent cell. |
| meroclonenoun | (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower growth potential than a holoclone because it is a mixture of stem cells and differentiated cells |
| totipotencynoun | (biology) The ability of a cell to produce differentiated cells upon division |
| cell typenoun | (cytology) A morphologically distinct form of cell |
| multipotencynoun | (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types. |
| osteoprogenitornoun | (biology) A stem cell that is the precursor of an osteoblast |
| linenoun | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. |
| osteodifferentiationnoun | (biology) The differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into bone tissue |
| colony-forming unitnoun | (microbiology) A unit which estimates the number of viable microbial cells (bacteria, fungi, viruses etc.) in a sample. |
| sympathoblastnoun | (cytology) A pluripotential cell in the embryo that develop into either a sympathetic nerve cell or a chromaffin cell |
| differentiationnoun | The act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense). |
| histodifferentiationnoun | (biology) The differentiation of cell types during the development of an embryo. |
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