stem-cell research

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   research on stem cells and their use in medicine

   Broaderbiological research

   Narrowerembryonic stem-cell research

Questions about stem-cell research

What does stem-cell research mean?

stem-cell research means "research on stem cells and their use in medicine".

Is stem-cell research a common word?

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.