Definition of chimerism in US English:
chimerism
nounkīˈmi(ə)rˌizəmkīˈmi(ə)rˌizəm
Biology The state of being a genetic chimera.
Example sentencesExamples
- Our failure to detect maize chromatin by in situ hybridization may be an indication of somatic instability and chimerism in these individuals.
- Parabiotic mice have been reported to produce stable blood chimerism across major histocompatibility barriers.
- Consistent with our observations, Suratt and colleagues have reported chimerism in lungs using human lung samples after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Peripheral blood stem cell or bone marrow transplantation often leads to chimerism, wherein the patient possesses a mixed cell population.
- Clone chimerism is a problem associated with all mapping protocols.