| ADJECTIVE | pert | totipotent | having the ability to give rise to unlike cells |
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| Meaning | Having the ability to give rise to unlike cells. | |
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| Example | "embryonic stem cells are totipotent" | |
| Category | cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
| Spanish | totipotente | |
| Nouns | totipotency, totipotence | the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part |
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