stem cell

See also: stemcell and stem-cell

English

stem cell (plural stem cells)

(medicine, cytology) A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.
- 2002, Haifan Lin, "The stem-cell niche theory: Lessons from flies," Nature Reviews: Genetics, vol 3, p. 931,
  Stem cells are characterized by their ability to self-renew and to produce numerous differentiated cell types, and are directly responsible for generating and maintaining tissues and organs.

primal undifferentiated cell

Armenian: ցողունային բջիջ (cʿołunayin bǰiǰ)
Catalan: cèl·lula mare f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 幹細胞, 干细胞 (gon³ sai³ baau¹)

Mandarin: 幹細胞 (zh), 干细胞 (zh) (gànxìbāo)
Czech: kmenová buňka f
Danish: stamcelle (da)
Dutch: stamcel (nl) f
Finnish: kantasolu (fi)
French: cellule souche (fr) f
German: Stammzelle (de) f
Greek: βλαστοκύτταρο (el) n (vlastokýttaro)
Hungarian: őssejt (hu)
Icelandic: stofnfruma f

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