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NUCLEAR TRANSPLANTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another
Synonyms:
nuclear transplantation; SCNT; somatic cell nuclear transfer; somatic cell nuclear transplantation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nuclear transplantation" is a kind of...):
biological research (scientific research conducted by biologists)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nuclear transplantation"):
biomedical cloning; therapeutic cloning (nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant)