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Totipotent
Pronunciation
Having the ability to give rise to all the cell types of the body plus all of the cell types that make up the extraembryonic tissues such as the placenta. (See also Pluripotent and Multipotent).
Source: Stem Cell Information, NIH, USDHHS
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