(cytology) An essential characteristic of a stem cell that distinguishes it from ordinary cells

plural of stemness

(nautical, obsolete, of ships) Side by side so that both ships’ prows or stems are even with one another, abreast.

plural of Stem

A surname.

Alternative form of steem

Alternative form of STEM

(countable) Acronym of scanning transmission electron microscope. / (uncountable) Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.

present participle of stem

(nautical) Movement against a current, especially a tidal current. / A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.