célula madre

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθelula ˈmadɾe/ [ˌθe.lu.la ˈma.ð̞ɾe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˌselula ˈmadɾe/ [ˌse.lu.la ˈma.ð̞ɾe] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cé‧lu‧la ma‧dre

Noun

célula madre f (plural células madre)

1. (medicine, cytology) stem cell (primal undifferentiated cell)

Further reading

• “célula madre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025