progenitor
pronunciation
How to pronounce progenitor in British English:
UK [prəʊˈdʒenɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce progenitor in American English:
US [proʊˈdʒenɪtə(r)]
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- Noun:
- an ancestor in the direct line
Word Origin
- progenitor (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French progenitour (mid-14c.), Old French progeniteur (14c.) and directly from Latin progenitor "ancestor, the founder of a family," agent noun from progenitus, past participle of progignere (see progeny). Related: Progenitive; progenital; progenitrix (c. 1600).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Identification of progenitor cells that contribute to heterotopic ......
- 2. He is a potentiating progenitor in all kinds of fine ways .
- 3. By combining growth factors other than fgf3 and fgf10 with the stem cell mix , researchers could harvest even more ear progenitor cells , he hypothesizes .
- 4. Effects of hemin on number of human late endothelial progenitor cells and expression of heme oxygenase-1 .
- 5. Coronary atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis : could endothelial progenitor cells be the missing link ?