totipotent


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
totipotent /təʊˈtɪpət(ə)nt/
adjective Biology (of an immature or stem cell) capable of giving rise to any cell type or (of a blastomere) a complete embryo.
– derivatives
totipotency noun.
– origin early 20th cent.: from L. totus ‘whole’ + potent1.
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