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microchimera

microchimera noun: a microchimeric cell.

Noun

microchimera (plural microchimeras)

  1. A microchimeric cell
  2. (human biology) A type of human chimera produced when fetal stem cells or maternal cells cross the placenta (fetal-maternal microchimerism) or following blood transfusion (transfusion-associated microchimerism) or organ transplantation.

Forms of microchimera

pluralmicrochimeras
alternative formmicrochimaera
alternative formmicrochimæra

Origin of microchimera

From micro- + chimera.

Questions about microchimera

What does microchimera mean?
Microchimera means a microchimeric cell.
What part of speech is microchimera?
Microchimera is a noun.
What is the plural of microchimera?
The plural of microchimera is microchimeras.

Words near microchimera in the dictionary

  1. microchemomechanical
  2. microchemostat
  3. microchemostats
  4. microchemotactic
  5. microchemotaxis
  6. microchimera
  7. microchimeras
  8. microchimeric
  9. microchimerism
  10. microchimerisms
  11. microchip

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