progenitor

[US]/prəʊˈdʒenɪtə(r)/
[UK]/proʊˈdʒenɪtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ancestor, precursor, predecessor; original, source

Example Sentences

the progenitor of modern jazz.

progenitors of the new music.

Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.

his sons and daughters were the progenitors of many of Scotland's leading noble families.

Abstract Objective: To study the effect of T-lymphocytes on hematopoietic progenitors in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria(PNH).

Igura K, Zhang X, Takahashi K, et al. Isolation and characterization of mesenchymal progenitor cells from chorionic villi of human placenta. Cytotherapy 2004;6:543-53.

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