An undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism which is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.
〔生〕干细胞
Example sentencesExamples
However, the blood cells are actually from a different origin than the mesenchymal stem cell.
Each of the stem cells then divided into two cells - a stem cell and a nerve cell.
This partly explains the pressure in the EU to fund embryonic stem cell research.
It had been widely predicted that the committee would decide in favour of continuing research into embryonic stem cells.
A stem cell is a special type of body cell that gives rise to other types of specialized cells.
Definition of stem cell in US English:
stem cell
nounˈstɛm ˌsɛlˈstem ˌsel
Biology
An undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism which is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.
〔生〕干细胞
Example sentencesExamples
This partly explains the pressure in the EU to fund embryonic stem cell research.
However, the blood cells are actually from a different origin than the mesenchymal stem cell.
It had been widely predicted that the committee would decide in favour of continuing research into embryonic stem cells.
Each of the stem cells then divided into two cells - a stem cell and a nerve cell.
A stem cell is a special type of body cell that gives rise to other types of specialized cells.