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meroclone

meroclone noun: 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.

Noun

meroclone (plural meroclones)

  1. 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

Forms of meroclone

pluralmeroclones

Origin of meroclone

From mero- + clone.

Questions about meroclone

What does meroclone mean?
Meroclone means 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.
What part of speech is meroclone?
Meroclone is a noun.
What is the plural of meroclone?
The plural of meroclone is meroclones.

Words near meroclone in the dictionary

  1. merochain
  2. merochains
  3. merochlorin
  4. merochlorins
  5. merochlorophaeic acid
  6. meroclone
  7. meroclones
  8. merocracy
  9. merocrine
  10. merocyanine
  11. merocyanines

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