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colony-forming unit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
colony--form-ing u-nit
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.

noun

A unit which estimates the number of viable microbial cells (bacteria, fungi, viruses etc.) in a sample.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

colony-forming units (plural)

Synonyms

CFU

Questions

What does colony-forming unit mean?
A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.

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