| HBSC | hematopoietic blood stem cell |
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| HSC | Hand-Schuller-Christian [syndrome]; Health and Safety Commission; health sciences center; health scr... |
| LMS | lateral medullary syndrome; left main stem [coronary artery]; leiomyosarcoma; Licentiate in Medicine... |
| NBS | N-bromosuccinimide; National Bureau of Standards; neuroblastoma supressor; nevoid basal cell carcino... |
| PBSC | peripheral blood stem cell |
| stem cell leukaemia | A form of leukaemia in which the abnormal cells are thought to be the precursors of lymphoblasts, myeloblasts, or monoblasts. Synonym: embryonal leukaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stem cells | Relatively undifferentiated cells of the same lineage (family type) that retain the ability to divide and cycle throughout postnatal life to provide cells that can become specialised and take the place of those that die or are lost. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stem-clasping | <botany> Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| quiescent stem cell | A stem cell that is not at that time undergoing repeated cell cycles but that might be stimulated so to do later. For example: the satellite cells in the skeletal muscles of mammals that are quiescent myoblasts that will proliferate after wounding and give rise to more muscle cells by fusion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| infundibular stem | The neural component of the pituitary stalk that contains nerve tracts passing from the hypothalamus to the pars nervosa. Synonym: infundibular stalk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tumour stem cell assay | <investigation> A cytologic technique for measuring the functional capacity of tumour stem cells by assaying their activity. It is used primarily for the in vitro testing of antineoplastic agent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tumour stem cells | <cell biology> Colony-forming cells which give rise to neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |