HEMATOPOEITIC STEM CELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow; T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("hematopoeitic stem cell" is a kind of...):

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

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