embryonic stem-cell research

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   biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine

   Broaderstem-cell research

Questions about embryonic stem-cell research

What does embryonic stem-cell research mean?

embryonic stem-cell research means "biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine".

Is embryonic stem-cell research a common word?

embryonic stem-cell research is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.