totipotent
adjective/toʊˈtɪpətənt/
Frequency rank: #19,977 most common English word
Meaning
Capable of developing into a complete organism or differentiating into any cell type.
Example sentence
Scientists were amazed to discover that the cell extracted from the embryo was totipotent, capable of developing into any tissue in the body.
Synonyms & related words
- pluripotent
- undifferentiated
- multipotent
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