Meanings
nounstem cell (plural stem cells)
plural stem cells
- biologyA primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.
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.
2002, Haifan Lin, “The stem-cell niche theory: Lessons from flies,”, in Nature Reviews: Genetics, volume 3, page 931
Translations
Afrikaans stamsel
- stamselprimal undifferentiated cell
Arabic خَلِيَّة جِذْعِيَّة
- خَلِيَّة جِذْعِيَّةprimal undifferentiated cell
Basque zelula ama
- zelula amaprimal undifferentiated cell
Bengali মাতৃকোষ
- মাতৃকোষ (matrikōś)primal undifferentiated cell
Bulgarian стволова клетка
- стволова клетка (stvolova kletka)primal undifferentiated cell
Catalan cèl·lula mare
- cèl·lula mareprimal undifferentiated cell
Chinese Cantonese 幹細胞 /干细胞
- 幹細胞 /干细胞 (gon³ sai³ baau¹)primal undifferentiated cell
Chinese Mandarin 幹細胞 /干细胞
- 幹細胞 /干细胞 (gànxìbāo)primal undifferentiated cell
Czech kmenová buňka
- kmenová buňkaprimal undifferentiated cell
Danish stamcelle
- stamcelleprimal undifferentiated cell
Dutch stamcel
- stamcelprimal undifferentiated cell
Esperanto praĉelo
- praĉeloprimal undifferentiated cell
Estonian tüvirakk
- tüvirakkprimal undifferentiated cell
Finnish kantasolu
- kantasoluprimal undifferentiated cell
French cellule souche
- cellule soucheprimal undifferentiated cell
German Stammzelle
- Stammzelleprimal undifferentiated cell
Greek βλαστοκύτταρο
- βλαστοκύτταρο (vlastokýttaro)primal undifferentiated cell
Hebrew תָּא גֶּזַע
- תָּא גֶּזַעprimal undifferentiated cell
Hungarian őssejt
- őssejtprimal undifferentiated cell
Icelandic stofnfruma
- stofnfrumaprimal undifferentiated cell
Indonesian sel induk, sel punca
- sel indukprimal undifferentiated cell
- sel puncaprimal undifferentiated cell
Italian cellula staminale
- cellula staminaleprimal undifferentiated cell
Japanese 幹細胞
- 幹細胞 (kansaibō)primal undifferentiated cell
Korean 줄기세포
- 줄기세포 (julgisepo)primal undifferentiated cell
Latvian cilmes šūna
- cilmes šūnaprimal undifferentiated cell
Lithuanian kamieninė ląstelė
- kamieninė ląstelėprimal undifferentiated cell
Malay sel tunjang
- sel tunjangprimal undifferentiated cell
Norwegian Bokmål stamcelle
- stamcelleprimal undifferentiated cell
Persian یاخته بنیادی, سلول بنیادی
- یاخته بنیادی (yâxte-ye bonyâdi)primal undifferentiated cell
- سلول بنیادی (sellul-e bonyâdi)primal undifferentiated cell
Polish komórka macierzysta, komórka pnia
- komórka macierzystaprimal undifferentiated cell
- komórka pniaprimal undifferentiated cell
Portuguese célula-tronco
- célula-troncoprimal undifferentiated cell
Russian стволова́я кле́тка
- стволова́я кле́тка (stvolovája klétka)primal undifferentiated cell
Slovak kmeňová bunka
- kmeňová bunkaprimal undifferentiated cell
Spanish célula madre
- célula madreprimal undifferentiated cell
Swedish stamcell
- stamcellprimal undifferentiated cell
Turkish kök hücre
- kök hücreprimal undifferentiated cell
Ukrainian стовбуро́ва кліти́на
- стовбуро́ва кліти́на (stovburóva klitýna)primal undifferentiated cell
Vietnamese tế bào gốc
- tế bào gốcprimal undifferentiated cell
Welsh bôn-gell
- bôn-gellprimal undifferentiated cell
Cite this entry
APA
stem cell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stem%20cell
MLA
“stem cell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stem%20cell. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stem cell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stem%20cell.
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