cfu

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A form of colony-forming unit — A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.

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Meanings

cfu1

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of CFU.

CFU2

nounCFU (plural CFUs)

plural CFUs · alternative cfu · alternative Cfu

  1. abbreviationinitialismbiologyInitialism of colony-forming unit.

    The three water samples for total coliform bacteria were 57,000 CFUs, 43,000 CFUs and 45,000 CFUs. (Colony-forming units, or CFUs, estimate the number of bacteria or fungal cells that have the ability to multiply in a sample.)

    2017 September 1, Susan Scutti, “Sewage, fecal bacteria in Hurricane Harvey floodwaters”, in CNN

Cfu3

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of CFU.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
colony-forming unit
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APA

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Chicago

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