Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ipsc

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: ip-sc
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of induced pluripotent stem cell.

Example Sentences

"The fact that only a small fraction of cells infected with the reprogramming factors form iPSC colonies indicates that direct reprogramming is a stochastic process."
"One of the most promising routes in this regard is the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) by reprogramming cells."
"ECs Derived from ESC and iPSC"
"[...] the propensity of stem cells to form teratoma following transplantation is still another major obstacle in using iPSC for disease therapy."
"The preparation of somatic cells, their reprogramming and the subsequent verification of iPSC pluripotency are laborious, manual processes [....]"

Inflected Forms

iPSCs (plural)

Derived Forms

hiPSC piPSC

Phrases

PS cell ES cell somatic stem cell

Frequently Paired Words

PSC PS cell SC ESC ES cell somatic stem cell

Synonyms

induced pluripotent stem cell iPS cell

Questions

What does ipsc mean?: Initialism of induced pluripotent stem cell.

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