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TOTIPOTENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the ability to give rise to unlike cells
Example:
embryonic stem cells are totipotent
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Pertainym:
totipotency (the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part)
Derivation:
totipotence; totipotency (the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part)
