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spheroid

[ sfeer-oid ]

noun

  1. a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.


adjective

spheroid

/ ˈɪəɔɪ /

noun

  1. maths another name for ellipsoid of revolution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. shaped like but not exactly a sphere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

spheroid

/ îǾ′ /

  1. A three-dimensional geometric surface generated by rotating an ellipse on or about one of its axes.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spheroid1

1655–65; < Latin 󲹱īŧ < Greek 󲹾DZ𾱻ḗs. See sphere, -oid
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This process is thought to have been quite common in the early Universe, during the period when most spheroids were forming.

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A team of researchers from Penn State have developed a novel bioprinting technique that uses spheroids, which are clusters of cells, to create complex tissue.

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Following this, they analyzed the monkeys' hearts at the tissue level to assess whether cardiac spheroids could regenerate the damaged heart muscles.

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These spheroids can then be arranged in any geometry, and the cells of the different units combine seamlessly to form a uniform, living tissue.

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Researchers have now shown that this is possible in mice by transplanting small 3D cell cultures of liver cells, known as spheroids, into the anterior chamber of the eye.

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