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Peripheral Blood Stem Cell
Definition 1
An immature (progenitor) cell circulating in the peripheral blood. It has the capacity for replication and differentiation to mature blood cells. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
An immature cell found circulating in the bloodstream. New blood cells develop from peripheral stem cells. (NCI Dictionary)
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