stem
 noun
 talo
EN The star-shaped flowers shrank into the stems of the trees, and appeared no more.
GL As flores estreladas sumíronse nos talos das árbores e non volveron aparecer.
 Fonte: LEO (60)
..... stem cell
célula nai
EN There is an interesting case in connection with cloning: scientists from a research institute at the University of Wisconsin succeeded in 1998 in deriving and culturing human embryonic stem cells --cells that are the parent cells of all tissues in the body.
GL Hai un caso interesante en relación coa clonación: un instituto de investigación da universidade de Wisconsin, nos Estados Unidos, encontrou que a partir de embrións se poden obter, cunhas poucas divisións, o que se chama as células nai. A partir delas pódense diferenciar distintos tipos de tecidos.
Fonte: C24 (1326)
transitive verb
paliar
EN The idea is gaining ground in the European Union, but in the rest of the world the trend is towards a harder line on possession and use to try and stem the rising tide of drug addiction, especially in the South where it is a recent phenomenon.
GL Esta doutrina gaña terreo na Unión Europea. En cambio, no resto do mundo asístese a miúdo a unha criminalización cada vez maior da posesión e o consumo de drogas, para tratar de palia-la explosión do fenómeno relativamente novo nos países do Sur que é a toxicomanía.
Fonte: C01 (979)
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