Meaning

2 senses

  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.

Origin

From micro- + chimera.

From micro- + chimera.

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Forms

plural: microchimeras

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
microB2microbeB2microbiologistmicrobiologymicrochipmicrocomputerB2microcosm
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