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tumour stem cell assay(medicine)
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villus(medicine)
villus(dictionary)
secondary villus(medicine)
primary villus(medicine)
anchoring villus(medicine)
free villus(medicine)
tertiary villus(medicine)

tumour stem cells (medicine) and villus (medicine)


tumour stem cells (medicine)


tumour stem cells
<cell biology> Colony-forming cells which give rise to neoplasms.


villus (medicine)


villus


Origin: L, shaggy hair, a tuft of hair.

1. <anatomy> One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.

2. <botany> Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.

Source: Websters Dictionary