microchimerism

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Etymology[edit]

micro- +‎ chimerism

Noun[edit]

microchimerism (usually uncountable, plural microchimerisms)

  1. (biology) The presence of a small number of cells in an organism that are genetically different from those of the organism itself; typically transmitted between a mother and fetus

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