pluripotent
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pluripotent (not comparable)
- Having much or unlimited potential to develop in a certain way, especially in a desirable fashion.
- (biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.
- 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 99:
- As the embryo grows, ‘pluripotent’ stem cells appear, which are limited in their potency.
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able to develop into any cell type
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pluripotent (feminine pluripotente, masculine plural pluripotents, feminine plural pluripotentes)