Phrase guide

stem cell

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: somatic cell, vegetative cell

Narrower terms: hematopoeitic stem cell

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: stamsel — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Arabic: خَلِيَّة جِذْعِيَّة — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Armenian: ցողունային բջիջ (cʻoġunayin bǰiǰ) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Basque: zelula ama — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Bengali: মাতৃকোষ (matrikōś) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Breton: kellig diazez — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Bulgarian: стволова клетка (stvolova kletka) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Catalan: cèl·lula mare — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Chinese Cantonese: 幹細胞 /干细胞 (gon3 sai3 baau1) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幹細胞 /干细胞 (gànxìbāo) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Czech: kmenová buňka — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Danish: stamcelle — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Dutch: stamcel — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Esperanto: praĉelo — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Estonian: tüvirakk — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Finnish: kantasolu — primal undifferentiated cell
  • French: cellule souche — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Georgian: ღეროვანი უჯრედი (ɣerovani uǯredi) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • German: Stammzelle — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Greek: βλαστοκύτταρο (vlastokýttaro) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Hebrew: תָּא גֶּזַע — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Hungarian: őssejt — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Icelandic: stofnfruma — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Indonesian: sel induk — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Indonesian: sel punca — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Interlingua: cellula originator — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Italian: cellula staminale — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Japanese: 幹細胞 (kansaibō) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Kazakh: бағаналы жасуша (bağanaly jasuşa) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Khmer: កោសិកាដើម (kaosekaadaəm) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Korean: 줄기세포 (julgisepo) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Northern Kurdish: xaneya bineratî — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Latvian: cilmes šūna — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Lithuanian: kamieninė ląstelė — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Malay: sel tunjang — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Mongolian: үүдэл эс (üüdel es) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stamcelle — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stamcelle — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Persian: یاخته بنیادی (yâxte-ye bonyâdi) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Persian: سلول بنیادی (sellul-e bonyâdi) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Polish: komórka macierzysta — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Polish: komórka pnia — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Portuguese: célula-tronco — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Russian: стволова́я кле́тка (stvolovája klétka) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Slovak: kmeňová bunka — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Slovene: matična celica — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Spanish: célula madre — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Swedish: stamcell — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Turkish: kök hücre — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Ukrainian: стовбуро́ва кліти́на (stovburóva klitýna) — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Vietnamese: tế bào gốc — primal undifferentiated cell
  • Welsh: bôn-gell — primal undifferentiated cell