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Noun
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microchimaera
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microchimæra
Etymology
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micro-
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chimera
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microchimera
(
plural
microchimeras
)
(
biology
)
A
microchimeric
cell
(
human
biology
)
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.
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