"stem cell" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (medicine, cytology) A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation. Wikipedia link: stem cell Categories (topical): Cytology, Medicine Translations (primal undifferentiated cell): stamsel (Afrikaans), خلية جذعية (Arabic), ցողունային բջիջ (cʻoġunayin bǰiǰ) (Armenian), zelula ama (Basque), মাতৃকোষ (matrikōś) (Bengali), kellig diazez [feminine] (Breton), стволова клетка (stvolova kletka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cèl·lula mare [feminine] (Catalan), 幹細胞 (Chinese Cantonese), 干细胞 (gon³ sai³ baau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 幹細胞 (Chinese Mandarin), 干细胞 (gànxìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), kmenová buňka [feminine] (Czech), stamcelle (Danish), stamcel [feminine] (Dutch), praĉelo (Esperanto), tüvirakk (Estonian), kantasolu (Finnish), cellule souche [feminine] (French), ღეროვანი უჯრედი (ɣerovani uǯredi) (Georgian), Stammzelle [feminine] (German), βλαστοκύτταρο (vlastokýttaro) [neuter] (Greek), תָּא גֶּזַע [masculine] (Hebrew), őssejt (Hungarian), stofnfruma [feminine] (Icelandic), sel induk (Indonesian), sel punca (Indonesian), cellula originator (Interlingua), cellula staminale [feminine] (Italian), 幹細胞 (kansaibō) (alt: かんさいぼう) (Japanese), бағаналы жасуша (bağanaly jasuşa) (Kazakh), កោសិកាដើម (kaosekaadaəm) (Khmer), 줄기세포 (julgisepo) (Korean), cilmes šūna [feminine] (Latvian), kamieninė ląstelė [feminine] (Lithuanian), sel tunjang (Malay), үүдэл эс (üüdel es) (Mongolian), xaneya bineratî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), stamcelle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stamcelle [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), یاخته بنیادی (yâxte-ye bonyâdi) (Persian), سلول بنیادی (sellul-e bonyâdi) (Persian), komórka macierzysta [feminine] (Polish), komórka pnia [feminine] (Polish), célula-tronco [feminine] (Portuguese), стволова́я кле́тка (stvolovája klétka) [feminine] (Russian), kmeňová bunka (Slovak), matična celica (Slovene), célula madre [feminine] (Spanish), stamcell [common-gender] (Swedish), kök hücre (Turkish), стовбуро́ва кліти́на (stovburóva klitýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tế bào gốc (Vietnamese), bôn-gell [feminine] (Welsh)
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "word": "cèl·lula mare"
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "幹細胞"
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      "roman": "gon³ sai³ baau¹",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kmenová buňka"
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "stamcelle"
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "ღეროვანი უჯრედი"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "word": "cellula staminale"
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      "roman": "kansaibō",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "幹細胞"
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      "roman": "bağanaly jasuşa",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "roman": "julgisepo",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cilmes šūna"
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kamieninė ląstelė"
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "sel tunjang"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üüdel es",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "үүдэл эс"
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      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yâxte-ye bonyâdi",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "یاخته بنیادی"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sellul-e bonyâdi",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "سلول بنیادی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "komórka macierzysta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "komórka pnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "célula-tronco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stvolovája klétka",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "стволова́я кле́тка"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "kmeňová bunka"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "matična celica"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "célula madre"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stamcell"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "kök hücre"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stovburóva klitýna",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стовбуро́ва кліти́на"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
      "word": "tế bào gốc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "primal undifferentiated cell",
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      "word": "bôn-gell"
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