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NUCLEAR TRANSPLANTATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to anotherplay

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)

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