meroclone

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noun

A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower growth potential than a holoclone because it is a mixture of stem cells and differentiated cells

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Meanings

nounmeroclone (plural meroclones)

plural meroclones

  1. biologyA colony-forming stem cell that has a lower growth potential than a holoclone because it is a mixture of stem cells and differentiated cells

Origin

From mero- + clone.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Colmenero
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APA

meroclone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meroclone

MLA

“meroclone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meroclone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meroclone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meroclone.

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