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Embryonic Stem Cell
Definition 1
Embryonic stem (ES) cells are cells derived from the inner cell mass of the early embryo that can be propagated indefinitely in the primitive undifferentiated state while remaining pluripotent. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
undifferentiated cell in an embryo which can undergo division and give rise to one or several cell types; cell line is derived from early blastocytes. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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