| NOUN | act | cloning | a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell) |
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| Sounds | klow'nihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell). | |
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| Narrower | reproductive cloning | making a full living copy of an organism |
| therapeutic cloning, biomedical cloning | nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant | |
| Broader | biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
| Spanish | clonación | |
| Catalan | clonació, clonatge | |
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