English noun: biomedical cloning | |||
| 1. | biomedical cloning (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | therapeutic cloning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cloning, nuclear transplantation, SCNT, somatic cell nuclear transfer, somatic cell nuclear transplantation | ||