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    stem cell

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Biology
    ˈstem cell noun [countable] technical  a special type of cell in the body, that can divide in order to form other types of cells that have particular qualities or purposes 干细胞
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    stem cell• Some critics echo the radical anti-abortion lobby in comparing stem cell research to the Holocaust.• All the cells in the blood come, remarkably, from just one special progenitor cell - the multipotential stem cell.• Further studies are directed towards the understanding of the role which the stem cell control factor DIA/LIF plays in the normal embryo.• Somewhere in the middle of the conflicting forces Bush must decide whether stem cell research should get federal funding.
    ˈstem cell nounChineseSyllable
    special in of cell Corpus the a type


    stem cell
    ˈstem cell noun [countable] technical
    a special type of cell in the body, that can divide in order to form other types of cells that have particular qualities or purposes


    stem cellBrE /ˈstem sel/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstem sel/ 🔊 nouna basic type of cell which can divide and develop into cells with particular functions. All the different kinds of cells in the human body develop from stem cells. 干细胞