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STEM-CELL RESEARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stem-cell research mean?
• STEM-CELL RESEARCH (noun)
The noun STEM-CELL RESEARCH has 1 sense:
1. research on stem cells and their use in medicine
Familiarity information: STEM-CELL RESEARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Research on stem cells and their use in medicine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stem-cell research" is a kind of...):
biological research (scientific research conducted by biologists)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stem-cell research"):
embryonic stem-cell research (biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine)
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