English Explanatory Dictionary

microchimera

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A microchimeric cell
  2. A type of human chimera produced when fetal stem cells or maternal cells cross the placenta (fetal-maternal microchimerism) or following blood transfusion (transfusion-associated microchimerism) or organ transplantation.

Word forms

microchimera microchimeras microchimaera microchimæra

Etymology

From micro- + chimera.

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