Tumorosphere

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A spherical culture of tumor cells

    "Highly malignant MSDACs that were derived from metastatic sites exhibited CSC status and exerted robust tumorosphere formations ex vivo."

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"Highly malignant MSDACs that were derived from metastatic sites exhibited CSC status and exerted robust tumorosphere formations ex vivo."

Etymology

From tumor + -o- + -sphere.

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