stem cell
stem cell noun: a primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.
Noun
stem cell (plural stem cells)
- A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.
- Stem cells are characterized by their ability to self-renew and to produce numerous differentiated cell types, and are directly responsible for generating and maintaining tissues and organs.2002, Haifan Lin, “The stem-cell niche theory: Lessons from flies,”, in Nature Reviews: Genetics, volume 3, page 931
stem cell meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic
stem cell in Tamil
- முதல்நிலை உயிரணு
stem cell in Bengali
- primal undifferentiated cell
- মাতৃকোষ matrikōś
stem cell in Kannada
- ಕಾಂಡಕೋಶ, ಕಾಂಡಜೀವಕೋಶ
stem cell in Arabic
- primal undifferentiated cell
- خَلِيَّة جِذْعِيَّة
More languagesFewer languages
- stem cell in Malay
- sel tunjang
- stem cell in Indonesian
- sel induk, sel punca
- stem cell in Persian
- یاخته بنیادی yâxte-ye bonyâdi, سلول بنیادی sellul-e bonyâdi
- stem cell in Vietnamese
- tế bào gốc
Forms of stem cell
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Words formed from stem cell
Questions about stem cell
- What does stem cell mean?
- Stem cell means a primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.
- What is stem cell in Tamil?
- Stem cell in Tamil is முதல்நிலை உயிரணு. See Stem cell meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stem cell?
- Stem cell is a noun.
- What is the plural of stem cell?
- The plural of stem cell is stem cells.
Words near stem cell in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stem cell (page history and authors); stem cell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stem cell (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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