HyperDic: totipotent

English > 1 sense of the word totipotent:
ADJECTIVEperttotipotenthaving the ability to give rise to unlike cells
English > totipotent: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
MeaningHaving the ability to give rise to unlike cells.
Example"embryonic stem cells are totipotent"
Categorycell(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Spanishtotipotente
Nounstotipotency, totipotencethe ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part

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