Colony Forming Unit

Preferred Label : Colony Forming Unit;

NCIt synonyms : CFU;

NCIt related terms : COLONY FORMING UNITS; [CFU];

NCIt definition : The minimum number of separable cells which is able to produce a detectable colony of progeny. Examples of CFU usage include, but are not limited to, the measurement of the number of viable bacteria present in the environment, and the ability of stem cells to produce cells of single or multiple lineages.;

FDA table : Potency (C-DRG-00501);

Details

Origin ID

C68742;

UMLS CUI

C0553561;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Stem cell [FMA entity]
- colony forming units [UCUM unit]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Colony-Forming unit [MeSH concept]
- Colony-forming unit, NOS [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- colony-forming unit (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- colony-forming unit, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- hematopoietic stem cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- hematopoietic stem cells [MeSH concept]
- stem cells [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Quantitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Colony-Forming unit [MeSH concept]
- Colony-forming unit, NOS [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- colony-forming unit (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- colony-forming unit, nos [SNOMED Notion]
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- FDA Pharmaceutical Quality/CMC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- FDA Structured Product Labeling Terminology [NCIt concept]
- PQ/CMC Units of Measure Terminology [NCIt concept]
- SPL UCUM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- UCUM Terminology [NCIt concept]

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