STEM CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stem cell mean? 

• STEM CELL (noun)
  The noun STEM CELL has 1 sense:

1. an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)

  Familiarity information: STEM CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEM CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stem cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stem cell"):

hematopoeitic stem cell (blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow; T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells)

 Context examples 

Bone marrow-derived autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) infected with the oncolytic, replication-competent adenovirus ICOVIR5, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Oncolytic Adenovirus ICOVIR5-infected Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

All blood cells come from blood stem cells (progenitor cells).

(An overlooked role for lungs in blood formation, NIH)

These drugs may activate stem cells in the brain to stimulate myelin producing cells and repair white matter, which is damaged in multiple sclerosis.

(Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis, NIH)

They are used to prepare patients for bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.

(Myeloablative Agonist, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Lymphomas that occur after bone marrow or stem cell transplantation are usually B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

(non-Hodgkin lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)

A stem cell found in adult neural tissue that can give rise to neurons and glial (supporting) cells.

(Neural stem cell, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The stem cells can then be collected, stored, and given back to the patient.

(AMD 3100, NCI Dictionary)

General research on non-hematopoietic stem cells and their use in medicine.

(Non-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Research, NCI Thesaurus)

A clonal (malignant) proliferation of myeloid cells originating from a primitive stem cell.

(Myeloid Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called r-metHuSCF, recombinant human methionyl stem cell factor, and Stemgen.

(Ancestim, NCI Dictionary)