pluripotent
English
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
pluripotent (not comparable)
- (biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.
- 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 99:
- As the embryo grows, ‘pluripotent’ stem cells appear, which are limited in their potency.
- 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 99:
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Translations
able to develop into any cell type
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French
Adjective
pluripotent (feminine pluripotente, masculine plural pluripotents, feminine plural pluripotentes)