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Umbilical cord blood
Pronunciation
Definition 1
Blood from the umbilical cord of a newborn baby. This blood contains high concentrations of stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop). (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
Blood present in the umbilical vessels at the time of delivery. If cryopreserved at birth, cord blood can serve as a source of autologous lymphocytes for transplantation to a patient later diagnosed and treated for leukemia or lymphoma. (NCI Thesaurus)
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