colony-forming unit (English, noun)
expansion: colony-forming unit (plural colony-forming units)
Senses:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A unit which estimates the number of viable microbial cells (bacteria, fungi, viruses etc.) in a sample.
Forms:
form: colony-forming units
tags: plural