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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 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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