microchimerism

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Etymology

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From micro- +‎ chimerism.

Noun

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microchimerism (usually uncountable, plural microchimerisms)

  1. (biology) The presence of a small number of cells in an organism that are genetically different from those of the organism itself; typically transmitted between a mother and fetus
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