stem cell

English Thesaurus

1. an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) (noun.body)

hypernym	:	somatic cell, vegetative cell,
definition	:	any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes (noun.body)

hyponym	:	hematopoeitic stem cell,
definition	:	blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow; T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells (noun.body)