胚はい幹かん細さい胞ぼう

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noun

Biological term for a pluripotent stem cell derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst.

胚embryo

幹tree trunk, main part, talent

細dainty, get thin, taper

胞placenta, sac, sheath

iPS細さい胞ぼう
iPS cells are artificially reprogrammed somatic cells, while embryonic stem cells are derived from embryos.

Compound of 胚 (hai, 'embryo'), 幹 (kan, 'stem/trunk'), and 細胞 (saibō, 'cell').