sel punca

Indonesian

Etymology

sel +‎ punca, Calque of English stem cell.

Noun

sel punca (first-person possessive sel puncaku, second-person possessive sel puncamu, third-person possessive sel puncanya)

1. (medicine, cytology) stem cell

   Synonym: sel induk

Further reading

• “sel punca” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.