SCNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does SCNT mean? 

• SCNT (noun)
  The noun SCNT has 1 sense:

1. moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another

  Familiarity information: SCNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

nuclear transplantation; SCNT; somatic cell nuclear transfer; somatic cell nuclear transplantation

Hypernyms ("SCNT" is a kind of...):

biological research (scientific research conducted by biologists)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "SCNT"):

biomedical cloning; therapeutic 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)

 Context examples 

The term clone may also be used to refer to an animal produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) or parthenogenesis.

(Clone, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)